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One obstacle facing those committed to the unity of the Bible is a certain disdain some biblical scholars have for systematic theology. A strong desire to avoid the charge that one's prior theological conclusions control one's exegesis, coupled with a vague sense that "belief has a distorting effect on historical inquiry,"25 leads many to prefer to "let the tensions stand," indefinitely postponing legitimate and necessary theological synthesis.
James M. Hamilton Jr
God\'s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (p. 49). Crossway. Kindle Edition.Other Quotes from the Author & Topic
For Christian theology, biblical theology that stops with what the text means is no more useful than systematic theology that ignores what the text meant.
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In broadest terms, the Bible can be summarized in four words: creation, fall, redemption, restoration.
God\'s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (p. 57). Crossway. Kindle Edition.Redemption, Scripture0God\'s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (p. 57). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Thus, the purpose of biblical theology is inductively to understand the canonical form of the Bible's theology as it is progressively revealed in its own literary forms and salvation-historical development, and this sharpens our systematic and dogmatic theology. Biblical theology is always done from some systematic perspective.
God\'s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (p. 54). Crossway. Kindle Edition.Biblical Theology, Systematic Theology0God\'s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (p. 54). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
Biblical theology seeks to understand the Bible in its own terms,44 in its own chronology, as reflected in its canonical form. One of the key tasks of biblical theology is to trace the connections between themes and show the relationships between them
God\'s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (p. 52-53). Crossway. Kindle Edition.Biblical Theology0God\'s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (p. 52-53). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
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