Understanding the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Forms, Features, Framings, and Functions

This up-to-date introduction to the study of the New Testament's use of the Old Testament surveys the current state of the discipline, summarizes the scholarly conversation, illuminates the New Testament writers' respect for Old Testament contexts, proposes advances in classification and terminology, and provides resources for further work in the field. New Testament scholar Douglas Huffman suggests a way beyond the impasse concerning the terminology used by scholars in the discipline. He offers a new approach to identifying and interpreting Old Testament quotations, allusions, and echoes by exploring not just the forms but also the features, framings, and functions of the New Testament use of the Old Testament. Huffman demonstrates the advantages of his approach by analyzing how the Old Testament is used in Luke-Acts and thus provides a model that can be applied to other New Testament authors' use of Old Testament Scripture. "In the crowded field of New Testament use of the Old Testament, Huffman's book stands out for its methodological rigor. Interacting with a broad range of the literature on this topic, Huffman proposes several taxonomies in an effort to bring some semblance of order to a confusing mishmash of approaches and methods. A genuine contribution." -- Douglas J. Moo , Wheaton College (emeritus) "Had the evangelist Luke authored this book, perhaps he might have prefaced it along these lines: 'Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a research methodology for the New Testament use of the Old Testament, it seemed good to me also, having followed for some time their proposals and theological intentions, to write a rigorous treatise on such matters for you, most excellent student of the Word, that you may gain expertise in this fascinating field of biblical research.'" -- Radu Gheorghita , Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary