Christologie des Alten Testaments

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Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg's Christologie des Alten Testaments (Christology of the Old Testament) is a three-volume work published between 1829 and 1835. Hengstenberg, a German theologian, defended Lutheran orthodoxy against prevailing rationalism.1

In this work, Hengstenberg opposed historical-critical interpretations of the Old Testament. Instead, he followed a traditional approach, viewing the Old Testament as a Christian text filled with prophecies about the Messiah that were fulfilled by the coming of Christ. His influence extended to Great Britain and the United States through translations of his books.1

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Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
…Old Testament, and by his Christologie des Alten Testaments, 3 vol. (1829–35; “Christology of the Old Testament”). These works opposed the growing reliance upon historical-critical interpretation and followed the traditional method of reading the Old Testament as a Christian book filled with prophecies of the Messiah fulfilled by the coming…
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…Old Testament, and by his Christologie des Alten Testaments, 3 vol. (1829–35; “Christology of the Old Testament”). These works opposed the growing reliance upon historical-critical interpretation and followed the traditional method of reading the Old Testament as a Christian book filled with prophecies of the Messiah fulfilled by the coming…
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