Don Westblade

The Story Retold

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Jonathan Edwards counseled that biblical theology is best understood through the historical lens of God's work of redemption. Here is an introduction to the New Testament that takes that counsel seriously. Beale and Gladd's book brings a lifetime of observation to bear on a project of illumining the narrative plan that unites the apostolic witness to Christ in the New Testament with God's preparatory work in Israel recorded in the Old Testament and related Jewish literature. Embedding text after text within the story by which the prophets and priests of Israel were inspired to give meaning to the light they were called to show to the nations, this survey documents the story's retelling through gospel and epistle in view of its fulfillment in Jesus Messiah. Jesus' apostles wrote with a conviction that creation, kingdom, covenant, temple, exile, promise, and the conquest of sin all reprise their roles in the drama of the Christ event. Jonathan Edwards would take delight in how reliably this book's retelling of the story will rekindle that biblical conviction anew for readers in the church and the academy alike.”