Two Types of Critical Theological Interpretation. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morgan, Robert
• Is Part Of: Journal for the study of the New Testament. Volume 41:Number 2(2018:Dec.)
• Page Start: 204
• Page End: 222
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: New Testament theology -- explicit/implicit theology -- salvation history -- Sachkritik -- Dale Martin -- theological education; 225.605
• DOI: 10.1177/0142064X18804436
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0142-064X

Abstract

This article challenges a part of the introductory chapter of Biblical Truths in which Dale Martin rejects the nineteenth- and twentieth-century project called New Testament theology, contrasting it with his alternative theological use of the Bible. That contested discipline's characteristic combination of biblical scholarship with the often unspoken religious aims of the interpreters distinguishes it from the explicit theological interpretation of Barth, Martin, the 'biblical theology movement' and most Christian readings of scripture. The latter has priority in churches, but both types are needed for scripture to be a source and norm of faith and theology, and the former is therefore prominent in theological education.