Biblical Theology, OLD & NEW TESTAMENTS

The aim of this book is no less than to provide an account of the unfolding of the mind of God in history, through the successive agents of his special revelation. Vos handles this under three main divisions: the Mosaic epoch of revelation, the prophetic epoch of revelation, and the New Testament.

Such an historical approach is not meant to supplant the work of the systematic theologian; nevertheless, the Christian gospel is inextricably bound up with history, and the biblical theologian thus seeks to highlight the uniqueness of each biblical document in that succession. The rich variety of Scripture is discovered anew as the progressive development of biblical themes is explicated.

To read these pages- the fruit of Vos’s 39 years of teaching biblical theology at Princeton- is to appreciate the late John Murray’s suggestion that Geerhardus Vos was the most incisive exegete in the English-speaking world of the twentieth century.

Publisher: Banner of Truth
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781848714328

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Theologian, author, and long-time Professor of Biblical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, Geerhardus Johannes Vos was born in March, 1862 at Heerenveen, Netherlands. A prolific author, Vos's published writings include articles, essays, reviews, poems, and biblical-theological studies on both Old and New Testament topics. The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God (1903) and his study of Pauline theology, The Pauline Eschatology (1930), remain two of his most important works. Vos's approach to the theology of the Old and New Testaments was published in 1948 as 'Biblical Theology'.

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This book was my first introduction to Biblical Theology when I entered Toronto Baptist Seminary. I learned a lot about how God promises the redemption in Christ in OT and fulfills it in the NT. It’s well written and will be a rewarding read for anyone who takes the time with this not so short book. I have good memories of learning from it under the wise teaching of the late Dr. Geof Adams. Vaclav Vasil