A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New Hardcover – December 1, 2011

I've even attached a couple of marker ribbons on my own since this book is the most amazing theological book for about last decade.I've heard of GK Beale for sure a few years ago and many of his books are even translated into Korean. But I could not focus on his writing due to my lack of knowledge and effort, (and time).Furthermore, I sincerely and greatly tried hard and hard to grasp what the eschatological theology means to exegesis, sermon, ministry, family, or mundane daily life, and so on. However! As soon as I happened to take a glimpse at this book (with Korean translation), I was totally amused by what Prof. Beale has expounded.So, Tolle Lege! PURCHASE THIS ONE AND READ.

I am layman, but I must say that this is a book that I have not been able to put down. While this may be a book for a senior seminarian, Dr. Beale has been able to communicate truth very effectively to lay persons. This is the second excellent Theology book that I have seen this year, the other one being by Michael Horton. However, unlike Dr. Horton's book which is more topical, Dr. Beale takes the storyline from Genesis to Revelation and shows a God in action through history in His act of redeeming the entire creation. He quickly can, from scripture, shatter the many speculative theologies about the last days that appear to be popular today, and focus on the great God that we worship... the God who has revealed Himself many times in the past, but in these last days has revealed Himself through His Son. By looking in depth at the Old Testament (First Testament, as Marva Dawn would put it) he is able to show us a God who has been at work and is at work. The already-not yet nature of His Kingdom is seen so clearly in the scriptures.As a busy layman trying to run a business and yet be faithful to the local church, I have only been able to get to page 200 so far...I find it hard to put down, but with checking scriptures, the reading is slow. I am sure that I will have more comments when I finish.I have appreciated some of Dr. Beale's other work in the past - The church and Temple's Mission; his commentary on Revelation (I had to skip over the Greek, and it has been a few years since I read that), and so when I found this book at the Westminster Bookstore website, I bought it, even though it is not available at Amazon.com yet. I do not regret doing that.I recommend this book without reservation...whether or not you agree with Dr. Beale, this book is a must for every Christian who is serious about his or her faith.New Testament Biblical Theology, A: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New

This project by G.K. Beale is absolutely fantastic. I am about 120 pages into the book and every page I am blown away by the arguments he makes. Beale argues that ever since the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden, was not only a transgression of God's direct command of not eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but they transgressed God's command to subdue and cultivate the garden in Gen. 1:28. That same principle Beale makes the case is given to every OT saint God raises up, Noah, Abraham, David, and eventually leading to the entire nation of Israel. However each one of these characters fails the commission and enters into judgment for their transgression. Beale states that these events within the OT foreshadow the coming Messiah as he will truly fulfill the Gen. 1:28 commission.Beale also looks at the Scriptures from an eschatological point of view. He'll take into consideration some of the language of the OT looking at specific prophecies, and from there pointing to the eschatological savior (Jesus Christ) and the eschatological consummation (Christ's Second Coming) as the ultimate meaning of the OT narrative and prophecies. For instance in Jeremiah where God tells his people about their future exodus from their exile in Babylon after 70 years, even though that is a direct prophecy to a definite future act that God will do, Beale would look at the overall eschatological meaning of such a passage. Even though that type of prophecy as an obvious definite future fulfillment, there is an ultimate eschatological meaning that Beale would look at. He'll say that the definite future meaning of such a prophecy is the work of God's sovereign will to bring about his ultimate end times plan.Even though the above Jeremiah example is not a direct argument Beale makes (as I seen so far while reading) it gives you an example of what perspective Beale is making his arguments from. This book is definitely worth every penny as it will make you think, reconsider some theological beliefs you hold to, and help you understand the meaning of Scripture from a different point of view that is probably new to you.This is a book that you will want to keep on your shelf forever and to always use a reference in your ministries that you serve in.

Excellent book. Excellent service from supplier. It arrived within two days without paying extra

Esta es una obra maestra de GK Beale, y la pondría junto con "God's glory in salvation through judgement" y "Paul and the faithfulness of God" como uno de los mejores libros de teología bíblica.La edición en pasta dura es de excelente calidad.

Another excellent commentary by G.K Beale. This book is an easier read then his book on Revelation. It contains much depth and comes from the pen of an author who portrays in his writings his God given ability to see scripture totally linked together and not segmented.

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This book covers a lot of ground and has some excellent material, but is not student-friendly because of its layout. One requires to use the index to find familiar topics in New Testament theology. Having said this, there is indeed valuable and profitable material in this book.