Thinking Christian Guest
Gary Edward Schnittjer
Faculty, Cairn University
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Grandparent Texts: How the New Testament Reads the Old (Gary Edward Schnittjer)
The usual complaint about the New Testament's use of the Old is that the apostles play fast and loose.
View full episodeGary Edward Schnittjer is an Old Testament scholar at Cairn University whose research centers on how biblical texts use and interpret earlier Scripture. His books include Old Testament Use of Old Testament, The Torah Story, and a commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament series.
Books
- Old Testament Use of Old Testament: A Book-by-Book Guide
- The Torah Story
- The Verses We Hate: Finding the God We Need in the Most Difficult Moral Teachings of the Bible
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More episodes with Gary Edward Schnittjer
- Not All Moabites Are Moabites (Gary Edward Schnittjer)
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Ezra-Nehemiah opens on a high note.
- Why Study the Old Testament? (Gary Edward Schnittjer)
Christians have inherited a strange habit of treating the Old Testament as optional.