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It addresses widespread disputes over whether Old Testament religion and New Testament faith align, and why prophecies about Jesus are often challenged or treated as misread. It also offers a simplified, reader-friendly approach to hermeneutics and Old Testament theology without requiring Hebrew knowledge, placing Hebrew-based arguments in footnotes and clarifying citation conventions throughout.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Patty  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nNo one puts new wine in an old wineskin.  \nMARK 2:22  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface  \n\n| Abbreviations |\n| --- |\n| PART ONE: FACING THE PROBLEM |\n| 1 Defining the Problem |\n| 2 The Old Testament in the Early Church |\n| PART TWO: INADEQUATE SOLUTIONS |\n| 3 The Hermeneutical Solutions: Alexandria |\n| 4 The Hermeneutical Solutions: Antioch |\n| 5 The Schematic Solutions |\n| 6 The Conceptual Solutions |\n| PART THREE: A NEW APPROCH |\n| 7 Foundations for an Old Testament Theology |\n| 8 Election and the Covenants |\n\n10 Issues in Narrative  \n\n| PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES IN PROPHECY |\n| --- |\n| 11 The Prophetic Method: Hosea |\n| 12 The Prophetic Method: Joel |\n| 13 Summary and Prospect |\n| Appendix: Bonus Material from\u003Cbr>The Problem of the Old Testament: Preexilic Prophecy: Isaiah 7:14 |\n| Bibliography |\n| Subject Index |\n| Scripture Index |\n| Notes |\n| Praise for The Problem of the Old Testament |\n| About the Author |\n| More Titles from InterVarsity Press |\n\n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPREFACE  \nIN THIS BOOK, I argue that the Old Testament is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and that it is authoritative and edifying for Christians. As a matter of dogma, this is hardly revolutionary, but it is widely debated and frequently denied. Many argue that the religion of the Old Testament has little in common with the religion of the New and that alleged prophecies about Jesus have been wrenched from their Old Testament contexts and misapplied by Christians. And in fact, many Christians find much of the Old Testament to be bewildering, inapplicable, morally troubling, or simply unhelpful.  \nTo the best of my ability, I have made the discussions simple and accessible. Books dealing with hermeneutics and Old Testament theology can be dense and jargon-filled, with the learnedness of the author sometimes in inverse proportion to the clarity of the book. Given the choice, I would rather imitate Jane Austen’s innocent heroine in Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland, who says, “I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.” To that end, I sometimes present information with bullet points. I believe this will make the material easier to digest, but I apologize to readers for whom this is embarrassingly déclassé . Also, this book does not require that the reader understand Hebrew. For those who do, arguments that appeal to the Hebrew text are in footnotes.  \nThere are a few conventions in this book you should know about:  \n■ The name of Israel’s God contained four consonants, YHWH (in Hebrew, יהוה) . This is traditionally translated as “The LORD,” and it is commonly pronounced as “Yahweh,” although Jewish readers typically say “The Name” or “Adonai” (“My Lord”) instead of pronouncing it. In biblical studies, it is becoming more common to simply use the four letters YHWH, and I have followed this convention. When you come across YHWH, you can pronounce it as“The Lord,”“Adonai,”“Yahweh,” or “The Name,” as you wish.  \n■ In citing Scripture, I give the chapter and verse according to English Bibles followed by, if different, how they are numbered in the Hebrew Bible (for example, Ps 3:2 [MT 3]) . “MT” stands for“Masoretic Text,” the standard, received edition of the Hebrew Bible. The citation points the reader to Psalm 3:2 in the English and to the same verse in the Hebrew, where it is numbered as Psalm 3:3 .  \n■ When citing poetry within a paragraph, I mark line breaks with the slash, as in “YHWH is my shepherd, / I shall not want.”  \n■ Unless otherwise indicated, all translations are my own.  \n■ When citing scholars in the main text, I only give the full first name if the person in question is a pivotal figure in the history of scholarship (e.g., Karl Barth) . Otherwise, I give only the first initial(s) and the last name.  \nI am deeply grateful to the many people who have made this project possible. First, I owe my thanks to R. Albert Mohler Jr., presi","cbCail6nflDCu0Zy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail6nflDCu0Zy","pdf",7068715,1,512,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n## Defining the book’s argument and aims\n## Conventions and citation notes\n# Part One: Facing the Problem\n## 1 Defining the Problem\n## 2 The Old Testament in the Early Church\n# Part Two: Inadequate Solutions\n## 3 The Hermeneutical Solutions: Alexandria\n## 4 The Hermeneutical Solutions: Antioch\n## 5 The Schematic Solutions\n## 6 The Conceptual Solutions\n# Part Three: A New Approach\n## 7 Foundations for an Old Testament Theology\n## 8 Election and the Covenants\n# Part Four: Case Studies in Prophecy\n## 11 The Prophetic Method: Hosea\n## 12 The Prophetic Method: Joel\n## 13 Summary and Prospect\n# Appendix, Bibliography, and Indexes","[{\"question\":\"What central claim does the book make about the Old Testament?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that the Old Testament is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and remains authoritative and edifying for Christians.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author say many Christians find the Old Testament difficult?\",\"answer\":\"The text points to debates over continuity between Old and New Testament religion and to concerns that Old Testament prophecies are taken out of their original contexts or misapplied.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the book require readers to know Hebrew?\",\"answer\":\"No. The main discussion is designed to be accessible, while arguments that appeal to the Hebrew text are placed in footnotes.\"}]","The Problem of the Old Testament - 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