The New Testament Development of Old Testament Themes
Overview
After His resurrection, Jesus met Cleopas and another disciple on the Road to Emmaus and explained to them everything the Old Testament said about Himself. To understand the Old Testament themes that were fulfilled in Jesus, we need to understand Old Testament thought. F. F. Bruce reveals the context of the New Testament writers’ understanding of the Old Testament by focusing on seven Old Testament themes. “These and other themes,” he says, “are fulfilled in Jesus.”
Top Highlights
“‘In Jesus the promise is confirmed, the covenant is renewed, the prophecies are fulfilled, the law is vindicated, salvation is brought near, sacred history has reached its climax, the perfect sacrifice has been offered and accepted, the great priest over the household of God has taken his seat at God’s right hand, the Prophet like Moses has been raised up, the Son of David reigns, the kingdom of God has been inaugurated, the Son of Man has received dominion from the Ancient of Days, the Servant of the Lord … has accomplished the divine purpose, has seen light after the travail of his soul and is now exalted and extolled and made very high.’” (Page 7)
“‘if all the copies of the Old Testament were lost or destroyed, any scholar who could remember the text of the Psalms would have at his disposal the essential materials for an Old Testament theology; for the Psalter is, in a sense, the first of all Old Testament theologies’45—not systematized, but singable.” (Page 18)
“It is the establishment and maintenance of this controlling principle that exercises the necessary check on typological fancy. Thus the pattern is traced throughout both Testaments, ending with the exposition of the divine glory disclosed in Christ.” (Page 19)
“F.F. Bruce reveals the context of the New Testament writers’ understanding of the Old Testament by focusing on seven Old Testament themes. ‘These and other themes,’ he says, ‘are fulfilled in Jesus.’” (Page 7)
“By His passion Jesus fulfils what was written concerning the Son of Man and unfolds the mystery of the kingdom of God” (Page 29)
- Title: The New Testament Development of Old Testament Themes
- Author: F. F. Bruce
- Publisher: Kingsley Books
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Pages: 122
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Relation to the Old Testament; Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible › Theology
- ISBNs: 9781912149018, 191214901X
- Resource ID: LLS:NWTSTMNTTSTTHMS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-09-20T18:00:39Z
F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) was known worldwide as the "dean of evangelical scholarship"—a reputation earned by a lifetime of scholarship, teaching, and writing. Trained in classics at the University of Aberdeen and Cambridge University, he taught at the Universities of Edinburgh, Leeds, and Sheffield before serving for nearly twenty years as the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester in England. During his distinguished career, he wrote many outstanding commentaries and books, including Paul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free; Israel and the Nations; New Testament History; The Books and the Parchments: How We Got Our English Bible; Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament; and The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? He also served as general editor of The New International Commentary on the New Testament.
Reviews
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Glenn Crouch
11/30/2018
This is a good short book by an Author who was a significant influence in my youth, and still is. That being said, I think this short book for such as big topic has resulted in a work that I found to be a little disjointed, and didn't have the flow I normally appreciate with this Author. However there is still much of value, and quite amazing how much is covered - plus it is quite well footnoted! So if you'd like a more scholarly introduction into how the Old Testament is used in the New Testament, especially when it comes to Jesus (both by Him and the Evangelists) then this is worth a read.