The problem of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament is a vast one, complicated by side-issues of textual variants and involved in the kindred problem of the relation or harmony of the two Testaments. It is also a problem which has been well worked over by many scholars. Books have been written on the subject, comparing the text of the Old Testament quotations with the existing Greek and Hebrew recensions or comparing the exegetical principles and methods of the New Testament writers with those of the rabbis.1

The Use of Explicit Old Testament Quotations in Qumran Literature and in the new Testament

The Cambridge History of the Bible

The early Jewish transmission of Psalm 16: from psalm to messianic proof text in Luke-Acts

Christianity is unique among the world religions in being born with a Bible in its cradle. The use of the Old Testament continued to play a great part in Christian writing as it had done previously in Christian speech. The existence of an authoritative Bible would have had the negative effect of inhibiting any thought of producing fresh books, and there is more than a suggestion in the early Church of a reluctance to write. With the exception of the Pauline letters the New Testament writings were relatively slow in appearing, and a high proportion of them are anonymous. The Old Testament supplied the basis of early Christian thought, it did not supply the models for its writing, and in the matter of literary forms the New Testament is remarkably independent of the Old. The New Testament was not, like the Old Testament, revealed the limited amount of material available for canonisation.

The new testament in the making

The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English vol.1

THE INFLUENCE AND USE OF DANIEL IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

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The Use of Explicit Old Testament Quotations in Qumran Literature and in the new Testament

Citations

The Cambridge History of the Bible

The early Jewish transmission of Psalm 16: from psalm to messianic proof text in Luke-Acts

The new testament in the making

The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English vol.1

The Influence and Use of Daniel in the Synoptic Gospels

References

The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English vol.1

The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism

Paul's use of the Old Testament

The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English vol.2

Further Messianic References in Qumran Literature

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