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Second Temple Jewish historical and interpretive context.
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The Visual Narrative and Ontological Architecture of the Imago Dei
Western systematic theology frequently lacks a coherent theological anthropology grounded in the biblical text. Post-biblical philosophical systems, Greek analytical categories, and Enlightenment rationalism have imposed external frameworks that obscure Scripture’s organic and supernatural structure.
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Dismantling Historical Postmodernism: A Realist Defense of the Past
The investigation into the historical Jesus, especially the verification of his death and resurrection, is grounded in the presupposition that the past is ultimately knowable. In contemporary historiography, this assumption has been vigorously challenged by proponents of historical…
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The Narrative Substructure of Pauline Soteriology: Reclaiming the Continuity of the Jesus Story within the Covenantal Promise-Plan
Within New Testament theology, the relationship between the death of Jesus and human salvation has remained a central topic of scholarly debate. This study addresses the issue by grounding Pauline soteriology in its scriptural and first-century Jewish context,…
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Covenantal Allegiance and the Architecture of the Promise-Plan
This paper investigates the convergence of high Christology, covenant loyalty, and the transformation of human relational dispositions within Walter C. Kaiser Jr.’s promise-plan theology. By mapping early Christian liturgical practice onto the “Honors” pillar of the HANDS taxonomy,…
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Doing, Not Dualism: The Transforming Initiatives of the Sermon on the Mount within the Promise-Plan of God
Contemporary Christian ethics faces a methodological impasse, oscillating between culturally influenced liberalism and restrictive, rule-based legalism. The influence of post-Enlightenment thought, in its pursuit of moral certainty, has frequently stripped Christian ethics of its teleological core.
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The Promise-Plan: Defending the Unity of the New Testament
Contemporary biblical scholarship frequently characterizes the New Testament as a collection of divergent, even conflicting, theological perspectives. Yet this apparent fragmentation is more accurately traced to the imposition of later philosophical categories than to any inherent feature of…
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The Imago Dei and the Cosmic Temple
Western Christian theology has long engaged the question of human identity, frequently under the influence of post-biblical philosophical systems. Greek metaphysics and Enlightenment rationalism have introduced external categories that obscure the organic and supernatural dimensions of the biblical…
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From Eden to the New Jerusalem
Contemporary biblical scholarship and systematic theology frequently encounter an epistemological crisis rooted in the enduring influence of post-canonical philosophical developments. As the early church engaged the Greco-Roman world, biblical revelation was increasingly interpreted through Hellenistic categories and Platonic…
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The Resurrection of Jesus: A Historical and Theological Investigation from the Perspective of Promise-Plan Biblical Theology
The historical investigation of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth stands at the contested intersection of historiography, biblical exegesis, and philosophical theology. In contemporary academia, historical inquiry is often constrained by an epistemological crisis—caught between the unattainable ideals…
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The Human Quest: Embodied Wisdom, the Imago Dei, and the Promise-Plan of God
The question of human origins and identity continues to generate significant epistemological and exegetical tension within contemporary theology. Western systematic theology has historically struggled to articulate a coherent anthropology, partly due to the influence of post-biblical philosophical systems…