A Biblical Theology of the New Testament

by Roy B. Zuck (Editor), David Lowery (Contributor), Darrell Bock (Contributor)

A Biblical Theology of the New Testament gives fresh insight and understanding to theological discipline. Scholars from Dallas Theological Seminary combine to create this important volume edited by Roy B. Zuck. Each contributor looks at divine revelation as it appears chronologically in the New Testament canon, allowing you to witness God's truth as it has unfolded through the decades.

Genres: Theology, Reference, Christian

496 pages, Hardcover

First published June 9, 1991

About the author

Roy B. Zuck (ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is senior professor emeritus of Bible Exposition at Dallas Theological Seminary where has been teaching for the past 23 years. He has also served as vice president for Academic Affairs and academic dean. Dr. Zuck's ministry is noted for clear exposition of Scripture with emphasis on application of the Bible to life. He is the author or editor of more than 90 books, has written scores of articles, and has long served as editor of Bibliotheca Sacra.

Reviews

[Chris Armer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book presents a doctrinal approach to biblical theology. I personally prefer a thematic or metanarrative approach to biblical theology. I believe that doctrinal approaches to biblical theologies are too close to systematic theologies to justify their separate existence.

[Andrew Yates · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to nicely bridge vast theological concepts found in a systematic theology and nuanced technical linguistics one might find in a technical commentary. Five out of the six contributors are New Testament scholars (rather than Systematic Theologians) and I found their observations and opinions to be a fresh re-look at several positions which I had assumed for decades. I thought the greatest strength in the volume is it's ability to summarize main themes of a author (a must for every preacher/student!) and the greatest weakness to be (justifiably) a lack of comparison of theological development from the OT. I would highly recommend this to anyone who already has a technical commentary and a systematic theology and is looking to span the gap between the two.

[Nathan Wilder · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book covers Biblical theology of the New Testament organized according to biblical authors. Each author is analyzed according to the natural topics which are found within their writings. A particularly useful feature is that some chapters compare difficult interpretations by how well they fit in with the author's writings and the New Testament as a whole. Each chapter seeks to synthesize the theology of each author with the rest of scripture. Because the book is written by five authors, occasionally conclusions will be derived through synthesis, rather than analysis (for example, using a dispensational scheme to read into how a books eschatology or ecclesiology should be understood. Another example, using references from Paul to explain difficult parts of James). The authors of this book are obviously dispensational and premillennial in their conclusions. In my view, combining Peter and Jude into a single chapter really just eclipsed Jude's theology.
While written with academic quality, this volume remains readable for general audiences. There were only one spelling error, and only one factual error that I found (miswrote Isaac instead of Jacob).