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An Understanding Biblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice

by Edward W. Klink III

Five approaches to biblical theology

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Five approaches to biblical theology

Edward W. Klink III maps biblical theology across a spectrum from historical inquiry to theological interpretation. The book distinguishes five approaches, tracing each one’s development and examining it through the work of a contemporary scholar: historical description, redemptive history, worldview-story, the canonical approach, and theological construction. This comparative structure makes the field’s varied methods explicit, including the different ways they connect academic biblical study with the Church. The emphasis is on defining and setting approaches alongside one another, giving readers a framework for understanding what each method foregrounds and what students of the Bible might learn from them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students seeking an introduction to major approaches in biblical theology.
  • Readers interested in how academic biblical studies relate to the Church.
  • Those comparing the work of James Barr, D. A. Carson, N. T. Wright, Brevard Childs, and Francis Watson.

Themes

Biblical theologyHistorical and theological interpretationChurch and academic biblical studiesComparative methods

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Book overview

Examines and compares the five major schools of thought regarding biblical theology.

Understanding Biblical Theology provides an expert and clarifying look at the catch-all term "biblical theology," a movement that tries to remove the often-held dichotomy between biblical studies for the Church and as an academic pursuit.

Using a spectrum between history and theology, each of the five "types" of biblical theology are identified as landing somewhere on the continuum from "more theological" to "more historical" in concern and practice.

This text defines them in detail and gives a brief developmental history for each one, exploring each method through the lens of one contemporary scholar who champions it:

  • Biblical Theology as Historical Description (James Barr)
  • Biblical Theology as History of Redemption (D. A. Carson)
  • Biblical Theology as Worldview-Story (N. T. Wright)
  • Biblical Theology as Canonical Approach (Brevard Childs)
  • Biblical Theology as Theological Construction (Francis Watson).

Readers will gain an appreciation for each of these approaches and understand how any student of the Bible can learn from them.

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