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Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments
These valuable pages contain the ripe fruit of the 39 years which Vos spent teaching Biblical Theology at Princeton, until his retirement in 1932.
Paperback, 436 pages
Published
January 1st 1994
by Banner of Truth
(first published 1948)
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This is a good book for those who are wanting to get a grasp of biblical theology. Vos frequently interacts with liberal scholarship which can be a bit too much at times. Sometimes you just want to see the richness of a particular theme he is expounding, but you have to drag through him interacting with people who don't even think the text should be included in the canon. That is why this book gets only three stars. However, there are lots of useful insights in the book and I would recommend it...more
The first two chapters are most illuminating in laying out the principles of biblical theology as a distinctive department in theology: biblical theology specializes in the “history of special revelation” which is both “progressively developing” and “organically unified” in character, in which God both “acts” and “speaks” to interpret His acts, as it is verbally revealed to us in Scripture.
As a Calvinist theologian and a defender of the Covenant Theology, Vos takes a fresher approach—he sets the...more
As a Calvinist theologian and a defender of the Covenant Theology, Vos takes a fresher approach—he sets the...more
Vos is the godfather of soul in the Biblical Theology movement among evangelical/Reformed Bible students. This is Clowney on steroids. Vos' method: God's revelation interprets redemption in history. If for nothing else, read the book for this point. Say it plainly: redemption only has meaning in God's context. There is no redemption apart from the plan of God. Vos was the dominant influence on Van Til and John Murray. As the blurb suggests, "The aim of this book is to provide an account of the u...more
I read this book as I was just learning what it really meant to be reformed and loved it. It brought me back to some of what I grew up learning, seeing Christ throughout the Bible. It is all about God and his purpose in redemption.
Terrible to read but valuable. I'd limit it to seminary students though. There are many better and more accessible introductions to Biblical Theology.
Wonderful foundational reading. His older, denser style is not something to just breeze through but it worth the work.
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Extra in its deepness
Dense at points, but well worth the effort.
My first crack at Vos. obscure at the beginning. Phrasing is odd, meaning is at times vague. Much clearer when discussing special revelation under Moses (largest section of book). an ancillary and very brief discussion of the Trinity under the heading "Angel of the Lord" was excellent!
Tough reading, but good (apparently?) I felt the same when I watched Citizen Kane. It's good because its an influential classic.
Extremely difficult to read I will pick this up again sometime.
Can't beat it on the subject.
A must read.
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