What is Biblical Theology?

Introductory Comments: 

How’s your Bible reading plan going? Have you hit Leviticus? It can be easy to lose the “big picture” of the Bible sometimes.  

• What do we mean by “Biblical theology?”  
• How does Biblical theology help us understand and interpret the Bible? 
• Ultimately what (or who) is the Bible all about? 
• How does Biblical theology differ from systematic theology? Why do we need both? 
• What are some examples of Biblical theology (e.g. sacrificial lamb, Jesus the Good Shepherd, the prophet, the priest, the king, etc.)?  
• What are some cautions with Biblical theology? (allegorizing & identifying types that aren’t really types, imposing frameworks without sufficient reason, etc.) 
• How does good Bib ...