Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments

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.

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.

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.

About the Author

Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to the USA in 1881. He earned degrees from Calvin Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Strasbourg (PhD in Arabic). In 1894 he was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the USA. Before beginning his 39-year tenure on Princeton’s faculty, he was professor of systematic and exegetical theology at Calvin for five years.

About the Editor

Richard B. Gaffin Jr. is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (BD, ThM, and ThD), emeritus professor of biblical and systematic theology at Westminster, and the author of Resurrection and Redemption, Perspectives on Pentecost, and numerous articles.