How should Christians read the Old Testament today? Answers to this question gravitate between two poles.
On the one hand, some pay little attention to the gap between the Old Testament and today, reading the Old Testament like a devotional allegory that points the Christian directly to Jesus.
On the other hand, there are folks who prioritize an Old Testament passage's original context to such an extent that it is by no means clear if and how a given Old Testament text might bear witness t.
Zondervan Academic Interpreting the old testament theologically: essays in honor of willem a. vangemeren, hardcover/andrew t. abernethy
