Hearing the Old Testament in the New Testament (McMaster New Testament Studies

by Stanley E. Porter

How does the New Testament echo the Old? Which versions of the Hebrew Scriptures were authoritative for New Testament writers? The appearance of concepts, images, and passages from the Old Testament in the books of the New raises important questions about textual versions, allusions, and the differences between ancient and modern meaning.

Written by ten distinguished scholars, Hearing the Old Testament in the New Testament first lays out significant foundational issues and then systematically investigates the use of the Old in the New Testament. In a culminating essay Andreas Köstenberger both questions and affirms the other contributors' findings. These essays together will reward a wide range of New Testament readers with a wealth of insights.

Genres: Theology, New Testament, Biblical Studies

Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Stanley E. Porter (PhD, University of Sheffield) is president, dean, and professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Wolrdview at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. He has authored or edited dozens of books, including How We Got the New Testament and Fundamentals of New Testament Greek.

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful collection of essays from a 2003 conference. The essays cover the entire New Testament, after a fashion. There is a helpful final essay by Andreas Kostenberger responding to each of the other essays. Obviously the discussion has moved on since then, but these continue to hold their value.

[Timothy Decker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview. Some articles are helpful, others not so much.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting and helpful discussion of the subject of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. As a collection of papers by various authors presented at the Bingham Colloquium in New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, with a response by Andreas Kostenberger this book covers many aspects of its subject in an edifying way.