Biblical scholar

Implications of Temple Theology

Temple theology suggests:

• That the current Old Testament is neither the text nor the ‘canon’ that was known and used by the first Christians. 
   

• That the non-canonical writings were preserved by Christians and excluded by Jews because they marked important differences between them. 
   

• That Sola Scriptura has hindered rather than helped the understanding of Christianity.
   

• That Christianity was heir to the Temple tradition and so was by no means a ‘new’ religion in the first century.