The Old Testament in the New: An Introduction

by Steve Moyise

Steve Moyise provides an accessible and well-informed introduction to the Old Testament in the New Testament. Tried and tested in previous editions, it explores the basic issues and offers summaries of the uses of the Old Testament in the Gospels and Acts, in Paul and Hebrews, James, and Revelation.

Issues of quotation, allusion and echo are fully explored and placed sensitively in the context of the differing approaches to the interpretation of Old Testament texts. Readers are informed of contemporary debates that have arisen from literary criticism, such as the questions of intertextuality and the uses of allegory. Also discussed are the uses of the Bible in the first century. For the second edition two entirely new chapters on 'Jesus and Scripture' and 'James and 1-3 John' have been added, as well as full revisions to the text where necessary to take account of changes and developments in scholarship. Each chapter includes a summary-conclusion, and extensive and detailed suggestions for further reading. This is an ideal textbook for undergraduate students.

Genres: Religion

248 pages, Paperback

First published October 22, 2015

About the author

Steve Moyise (PhD, University of Birmingham) is professor of New Testament at the University of Chichester in Chichester, England. He is the author of Paul and Scripture and Jesus and Scripture. His other books include The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation, The Old Testament in the New, and Evoking Scripture: Seeing the Old Testament in the New.

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent introduction to the topic. Moyise gives a clear and fair presentation of the varying views and approaches. After and introductory chapter, heal deal in order with Mark, Matthew, Luke-Acts, and John. He then devotes a separate chapter to Jesus' use of the Old Testament. The longest chapter is on Paul, followed by three chapters on the general epistles. The concluding chapter provides a summary of the results of the investigation. In some ways, this is a highly condensed version of the Beale& Carson Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. It is much more useful than the "Three Views" book published by Zondervan. It also is a good complement to Beale's "Handbook."

[Michael Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Moyise offers a very helpful introduction into the hermeneutical challenges that faces scholarship in the NT's use of the OT. This book needs to be read as an introduction. Moyise doesn't go into as much depth as one might hope, leaves many challenges unanswered (sometimes unclear how to understand a particular issue), and doesn't give helpful evaluations (pros or cons) for particular attempts at synthesizing. So one should not come to this book with the hope that it will begin to resolve anything, it simply lays out the problems and different approaches to reconciling. Bearing that in mind, it's a very helpful introduction but demands that one follow up with more reading--that may leave some readers a bit disappointed.

[Stuart Murden · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating subject. This is a good introduction and a gateway to further reading on the subject. The NT is the servant yet master of the OT. How well can we enter into the mindscapes of the distant past ... not just the distant past but the very distant past? Hold on tight!