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By John Goldingay

For Jesus and his contemporaries, what we now be aware of because the outdated testomony used to be easily the Scriptures—and it used to be the basic foundation of ways humans understood their dating with God. during this booklet John Goldingay uncovers 5 significant ways that the hot testomony makes use of the previous testomony. His dialogue paves the way in which for modern readers to appreciate and savor the outdated testomony extra fully.

in addition to an summary of the way Jesus and the 1st Christian writers learn the previous testomony, illustrated with passages from Matthew, Romans, 1 Corinthians, and Hebrews, Goldingay deals an easy creation to the outdated testomony in its personal right. Reading Jesus's Bible will shed clean outdated testomony gentle on Jesus, God, and the church for readers today.

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