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A Biblical Theology of the New Testament

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This is an excellent book on New Testament theology for those wanting good scholarship and conciseness. It is more directed towards seminary students and the laity who are interested in what the New Testament authors had to say about certain key theological topics of each NT book. The authors are all moderately dispensational, yet have views that comes close to mainline evangelicalism. All the books of the NT are covered and each major theological issue is not shelved aside. Unlike Ladd's NT Theology book, the authors don't get into great exegetical detail on certain passages, but give adequate treatments on certain difficult passages (e.g., Hebrews 6:4-8; James 2:14-26; 1 Peter 4:6 to name a few). Also, they discuss topics like the relationship of the OT Law to the Gospel, lordship salvation, and the issue of promise-fulfilment. David Lowery's treatment of Paul's Missionary Epistles (pp. 243-297) is outstanding and can be used as a "Pauline Theology" outline. This book has been underrated in evangelical circles due to its theological persuasion. However, all evangelicals (including those in the Reformed tradition) can find this book a valuable resource in NT studies. Also, the practical implications brought out in this book is excellent. It is not purely theological because the authors also put emphasis on how to use these theological themes into practical Christian living. The only negative side (a minor one) is that the editors did not put in a Scripture index. This would have greatly enhanced the book. Overall, though, a great NT theology book written by very competent scholars.

...the main thing to know before buying it is that it is definitely a product of DTS theologians (Zuck, Fanning, etc.), so it's dispensational, reformed, etc. As long as one knows this, one will get one of the most accessible one-volume theological surveys of the NT on the market. Worth having.

This is an excellent book on New Testament theology for those wanting good scholarship and conciseness. It is more directed towards seminary students and the laity who are interested in what the New Testament authors had to say about certain key theological topics of each NT book. The editors did not put in a Scripture index. This would have greatly enhanced the book. Overall, though, a great NT theology book. The book is grouped by author i.e. all of John's writings are crammed together with sub themes. If you were interested in a particular verse...you better get out your trusty commentary. Example...All of John's writing are in one chapter. One very long chapter by theme or topic. However, the theme or topic is not outlined in the table of contents nor indexed. I'm not sure of the logic of the arrangement. If you LOVE to read ALL of John's writing one after another i.e. (I) John in regards to love...John 3:16, I John 2:x, Revelation xx etc...all shoveled in one chapter. Happy reading. If you were looking for something specific, you have to dig, dig, read, read, skim, skim until you find what you are looking for. Happy reading!

3/23/2011 -- Five Stars! Great content...bad organization.

best book for any one willing to get the full panorama of biblical theology