Recent Models of Biblical Theology

Abstract

"This study of the most recent developments of biblical theology as practiced in the 1990s relates to the investigation of three major models of biblical theology. The first is that of John J. Collins, now of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. It is presented as a proposal which has not yet been translated into the form of a book. The second is that of Brevard S. Childs, the foremost proponent of biblical theology in the twentieth century, who has laid out his views in a massive tome. The third is that of Hans Hiibner, who has presented his model in a multivolume biblical theology of the NT. The approach followed in this article consists of: (1) descriptions of each model, and (2) evaluations in terms of how each one relates to certain major concerns in the present debate on biblical theology"