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I just started "A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament" and appreciated the following quote:
"It is helpful to understand that the Bible is not a love letter, a self-help guide, a history textbook, a story, a legal code, a collection of ancient letters, or a religious handbook, though these types of things certainly appear throughout the pages of the biblical text (diversity). Rather, altogether, the Bible is the record, the deposit, the testimony of God’s good news in Jesus Christ (unity). It is a legal, objective, public document that describes and explains the covenantal relationship by which God has condescended and united himself first to this world and then to his people through Jesus Christ (function). And so, in order to understand the message of the Bible, we must labor to understand the diversity of its various parts, the unity of its overall message, and its function in the life of the people of God. It is vital that we work to understand this book, the whole of it, because the church is “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets” (Eph. 2:20) and because this book is both living and life-giving (Ps. 119:25, 50; 2 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 4:12)."
Van Pelt, M. V. (2016). Introduction. In M. V. Van Pelt (Ed.), A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised (p. 23). Wheaton, IL: Crossway.
"It is helpful to understand that the Bible is not a love letter, a self-help guide, a history textbook, a story, a legal code, a collection of ancient letters, or a religious handbook, though these types of things certainly appear throughout the pages of the biblical text (diversity). Rather, altogether, the Bible is the record, the deposit, the testimony of God’s good news in Jesus Christ (unity). It is a legal, objective, public document that describes and explains the covenantal relationship by which God has condescended and united himself first to this world and then to his people through Jesus Christ (function). And so, in order to understand the message of the Bible, we must labor to understand the diversity of its various parts, the unity of its overall message, and its function in the life of the people of God. It is vital that we work to understand this book, the whole of it, because the church is “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets” (Eph. 2:20) and because this book is both living and life-giving (Ps. 119:25, 50; 2 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 4:12)."
Van Pelt, M. V. (2016). Introduction. In M. V. Van Pelt (Ed.), A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised (p. 23). Wheaton, IL: Crossway.
