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Book Description<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nThe Old Testament<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART ONE<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTHE MOSAIC EPOCH OF REVELATION<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nINTRODUCTION: THE NATURE AND METHOD OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDivision of Theology into four great departments \u2013 definition of \u00a0 Biblical Theology \u2013 the various things successively designated by the name of \u00a0 Biblical Theology \u2013 guiding principles \u2013 objections to the name \u2018Biblical \u00a0 Theology\u2019 \u2013 the relation of Biblical Theology to other disciplines \u2013 the \u00a0 method of Biblical Theology \u2013 practical uses of the study of Biblical \u00a0 Theology<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTHE MAPPING OUT OF THE FIELD OF REDEMPTION<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPre-redemptive and Redemptive Special Revelation \u2013 the division of \u00a0 Redemptive Special Revelation \u2013<\/i> \u2018Diatheke\u2019<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTHE CONTENT OF PRE-REDEMPTIVE SPECIAL REVELATION<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFour principles: life, probation, temptation, death \u2013 mortality \u00a0 and immortality<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTHE CONTENT OF THE FIRST REDEMPTIVE SPECIAL REVELATION<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe three curses \u2013 \u2018seed\u2019 \u2013 human suffering<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTHE NOACHIAN REVELATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT LEADING UP TO IT<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCainites and Sethites \u2013 Revelation after the Flood<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nTHE PERIOD BETWEEN NOAH AND THE GREAT PATRIARCHS<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe prophetic deliverances of Noah \u2013 the table of the nations \u2013 \u00a0 the division of tongues \u2013 the election of the Shemites to furnish the bearers \u00a0 of redemption and revelation<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nREVELATION IN THE PATRIARCHAL PERIOD<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCritical views \u2013 the historicity of the patriarchs \u2013 theophanies \u2013 \u00a0 the Angel of Jehovah \u2013 the Patriarch Abraham \u2013 the principle of election \u2013 \u00a0 the objectivity of the gifts bestowed \u2013 the promises fulfilled supernaturally \u00a0 \u2013 the divine name <\/i>\u2018El-Shaddai\u2019 \u2013 faith as found in patriarchal \u00a0 religion \u2013 ethical elements \u2013 the Patriarch Isaac \u2013 the Patriarch Jacob \u2013 \u00a0 election \u2013 the Bethel dream-vision \u2013 the wrestling at Peniel<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nREVELATION IN THE PERIOD OF MOSES<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[A] The Place of Moses in the Organism of Old Testament Revelation<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe prominence of Moses<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[B] The Form of Revelation in the Mosaic Period<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe pillar of cloud and fire \u2013 the Angel of Jehovah \u2013 the name and \u00a0 the face of Jehovah<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[C] The Content of the Mosaic Revelation<\/td>\n109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[1] The factual basis. Deliverance from foreign bondage \u2013 \u00a0 deliverance from sin \u2013 a display of divine omnipotence \u2013 a demonstration of \u00a0 sovereign grace \u2013 the name \u2018Jehovah\u2019 \u2013 the Passover<\/i><\/td>\n109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[2] The <\/i>Berith made between Jehovah and Israel<\/i><\/td>\n121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[3] The organization of Israel: the theocracy. The function of law<\/i><\/td>\n124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[4] The Decalogue. Of world-wide application \u2013 religious in \u00a0 character \u2013 the Ten Words \u2013 the First Word \u2013 the Second Word \u2013 the Third Word \u00a0 \u2013 the Fourth Word<\/i><\/td>\n129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[5] The Ritual (ceremonial) Law. Symbol and Type \u2013 the Tabernacle \u00a0 \u2013 the majesty and holiness of God \u2013 the place of worship \u2013 Christ is the \u00a0 anti-typical Tabernacle \u2013 the sacrificial system of the law \u2013 offerings, \u00a0 gifts, sacrifices \u2013 the relation between the offerer and his sacrifice \u2013 the \u00a0 stages of the sacrificial ritual \u2013 vicariousness defined \u2013 the meaning of \u00a0 \u2018covering\u2019 \u2013 the variety of offerings \u2013 uncleanness and purification \u2013 \u00a0 totemism \u2013 ancestor-worship \u2013 the animistic theory<\/i><\/td>\n143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPART TWO<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTHE PROPHETIC EPOCH OF REVELATION<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nTHE PLACE OF PROPHETISM IN OLD TESTAMENT REVELATION<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA kingdom-producing movement \u2013 the word as the instrument of \u00a0 prophetism \u2013 a factor of continuity \u2013 two main periods of prophetism<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTHE CONCEPTION OF A PROPHET: NAMES AND ETYMOLOGIES<\/td>\n191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Hebrew term <\/i>nabhi \u2013 the Greek term <\/i>prophetes \u2013 \u00a0 the terms <\/i>ro\u2019eh and <\/i>chozeh<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTHE HISTORY OF PROPHETISM: CRITICAL THEORIES<\/td>\n198<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe History of prophetism \u2013 the origin of \u2018<\/i>nabhi\u2019-ism\u2019 in \u00a0 Israel, arguments and counter-arguments \u2013 did the later prophets create \u00a0 ethical monotheism?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTHE MODE OF RECEPTION OF THE PROPHETIC REVELATION<\/td>\n212<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe views of Kuenen explained \u2013 \u2018kernel-revelation\u2019 \u2013 the \u00a0 \u2018divination\u2019 theory \u2013 revelation through speech and hearing \u2013 revelation \u00a0 through showing and seeing \u2013 revelation through rapture \u2013 bodily effects \u2013 \u00a0 the intra-mental state \u2013 extreme critical views answered<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTHE MODE OF COMMUNICATION OF THE PROPHECY<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSpeech \u2013 miracles <\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nTHE CONTENT OF THE PROPHETIC REVELATION<\/td>\n234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[A] The Nature and Attributes of Jehovah<\/td>\n234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMonotheism \u2013 the nature and attributes of Jehovah \u2013 omnipotence \u2013 \u00a0 \u2018Jehovah of hosts\u2019 \u2013 Jehovah\u2019s relation to time and space \u2013 omniscience \u2013 \u00a0 holiness \u2013 righteousness \u2013 emotions and affections <\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[B] The Bond between Jehovah and Israel<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[C] The Rupture of the Bond: The Sin of Israel<\/td>\n263<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCollective national sin \u2013 the corruption of ritual worship \u2013 Amos \u00a0 5.25 \u2013 Isaiah 1.10-17 \u2013 Hosea 6.6 \u2013 Micah 6.6-9 \u2013 Amos 4.4 \u2013 Jeremiah 7.21-23 \u00a0 \u2013 social sin \u2013 Hosea\u2019s doctrine of sin \u2013 Isaiah\u2019s doctrine of sin \u2013 Israel\u2019s \u00a0 sin as viewed by the prophets historically<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[D] The Judgment and the Restoration: Prophetic Eschatology<\/td>\n286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe views of the Wellhausen school of criticism \u2013 the \u00a0 eschatological teaching of the prophets \u2013 Hosea \u2013 Isaiah \u2013 the \u2018latter days\u2019 \u00a0 in Hosea \u2013 the \u2018future glory\u2019 in Isaiah<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe New Testament<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nTHE STRUCTURE OF NEW TESTAMENT REVELATION<\/td>\n299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[1] From indications in the Old Testament<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[2] From the teachings of Jesus<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[3] From the teachings of Paul and the other apostles<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe new dispensation is final \u2013 is a further revelation to be \u00a0 expected?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nREVELATION CONNECTED WITH THE NATIVITY<\/td>\n305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAspects of the Nativity<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nREVELATION CONNECTED WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST<\/td>\n311<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMatthew 11.2-19 \u2013 John the Baptist and Elijah \u2013 John the Baptist\u2019s \u00a0 testimony to Jesus \u2013 John\u2019s baptism \u2013 the baptism of Jesus by John \u2013 the \u00a0 descent of the Spirit on Jesus \u2013 the post-baptismal testimony of the Baptist \u00a0 to Jesus \u2013 John 1.15, 30 \u2013 John 1.29, 36 \u2013 John 1.34 \u2013 John 3.27-36<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nREVELATION IN THE PROBATION OF JESUS<\/td>\n330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe temptation in the wilderness \u2013 the Lord\u2019s temptation and our \u00a0 own \u2013 the specific form assumed by our Lord\u2019s temptation \u2013 the Lord\u2019s \u00a0 temptations interpreted \u2013 Deuteronomy 8.3 \u2013 Deuteronomy 6.16 \u2013 Deuteronomy \u00a0 6.13 \u2013 temptability and peccability<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTHE REVELATION OF JESUS\u2019 PUBLIC MINISTRY<\/td>\n343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[A] The Various Aspects of Christ\u2019s Revealing Function<\/td>\n343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFour divisions of revelation by Christ \u2013 Jesus\u2019 revealing work in \u00a0 the Gospels<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[B] The Question of Development<\/td>\n348<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[C] The Method of Jesus\u2019 Teaching<\/td>\n350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSimilitudes \u2013 parables proper \u2013 specialization-parables \u2013 the \u00a0 \u2018allegorical\u2019 method \u2013 the philosophy of the parabolic teaching \u2013 \u2018time\u2019 and \u00a0 \u2018truth\u2019 in the Fourth Gospel<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[D] Jesus\u2019 Attitude Toward the Scriptures of the Old Testament<\/td>\n357<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA \u2018religion of the Book\u2019 \u2013 certain critical claims disproved<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[E] Jesus\u2019 Doctrine of God<\/td>\n363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJesus\u2019 teaching on the divine Fatherhood \u2013 Jesus\u2019 stress on the \u00a0 divine majesty and greatness \u2013 the retributive righteousness of God<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[F] Jesus\u2019 Teaching on the Kingdom of God<\/td>\n372<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[1] The formal questions. The kingdom in the Old Testament \u2013 the \u00a0 kingdom in the Gospels \u2013 \u2018the kingdom of Heaven\u2019 \u2013 modern theories of \u2018the \u00a0 kingdom\u2019 \u2013 the two-sided conception of the kingdom<\/i><\/td>\n372<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[2] The essence of the kingdom. Divine supremacy in the sphere of \u00a0 power \u2013 faith as related to the kingdom\u2019s power \u2013 \u2018faith\u2019 as used in John \u2013 \u00a0 divine supremacy in the sphere of righteousness \u2013 our Lord\u2019s critique of \u00a0 Jewish ethics \u2013 repentance \u2013 divine supremacy in the sphere of blessedness \u2013 \u00a0 kingdom and church<\/i><\/td>\n385<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nINDEX: SUBJECTS AND NAMES<\/td>\n403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSCRIPTURE REFERENCES<\/td>\n417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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