Archlute
Puritan Board Senior
Bob,
Have you had opportunity to read Meredith Kline's Structure of Biblical Authority? I believe that he addresses this very issue in that work, and it was extremely helpful to me in thinking through the theological significance of the OT holy wars.
The problem with Islam is that, being a perverse and truncated religion, it interprets the OT for today apart from the illumination given by the first advent of Christ. Whereas we can see those OT purgings as typological actions pointing to the coming final judgment of all mankind with the final inbreaking of God's kingdom presence, Islam has no proper interpretive grid, and therefore tries to make direct application of those examples as befits their Quranic grid.
I skimmed the thread, and noticed his work in your bibliographical listing, but thought that I would point out the work to you again, in case you hadn't had the time to take a good read of it the first go around.
Have you had opportunity to read Meredith Kline's Structure of Biblical Authority? I believe that he addresses this very issue in that work, and it was extremely helpful to me in thinking through the theological significance of the OT holy wars.
The problem with Islam is that, being a perverse and truncated religion, it interprets the OT for today apart from the illumination given by the first advent of Christ. Whereas we can see those OT purgings as typological actions pointing to the coming final judgment of all mankind with the final inbreaking of God's kingdom presence, Islam has no proper interpretive grid, and therefore tries to make direct application of those examples as befits their Quranic grid.
I skimmed the thread, and noticed his work in your bibliographical listing, but thought that I would point out the work to you again, in case you hadn't had the time to take a good read of it the first go around.