How do New Testament authors use the Old Testament? Do they interpret the Old Testament according to its original context, or do they read deeper meanings into the text? How should Christians understand prophecy, fulfillment, typology, sensus plenior, and the relationship between the Old and New Testaments?

In this lecture, we survey the major approaches to understanding the New Testament's use of the Old Testament, examining key questions that have shaped contemporary evangelical scholarship. We explore the views of scholars such as Walt Kaiser, G. K. Beale, Darrell Bock, Peter Enns, Richard Longenecker, Richard B. Hays, N. T. Wright, and others as they debate how New Testament writers interpreted and applied Old Testament Scripture.

Topics covered include:

• Sensus plenior ("fuller sense") and its critics

• Typology and fulfillment

• Whether New Testament authors respected the original context of Old Testament passages

• The influence of Second Temple Jewish interpretive methods

• Jewish exegetical techniques such as qal wahomer, gezerah shawa, pesher, midrash, and allegory

• Whether modern interpreters can replicate the interpretive methods of the New Testament authors

• Finding Christ in the Old Testament

• Quotations, allusions, and echoes in the New Testament

• Major classifications of New Testament uses of the Old Testament from Beale, Bock, and Finkbeiner

• A practical method for studying Old Testament citations in the New Testament