The use of Old Testament in New Testament is an academic discipline which seeks to understand how the New Testament authors interpreted Old Testament Scripture and used it in their writing of the New Testament. It is also known as New Testament Hermeneutics.
From 1960 onwards, scholars have been studying this issue and proposing ways to understand the use of Old Testament in New Testament. Though many views have been put forth, one of the remarkable feature of this discipline is how it reinforces the integrity of the canon, making the recipient bow in adoration to the God of the Scriptures for His wisdom and His single-minded purpose to save a people through His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dr. Richard Barcellos, associate professor of New Testament Studies, Midwest Center for Theological Studies (MCTS), has written a serious of short blog posts, where he surveys the different views among Evangelical scholars on the use of OT in NT and its implications for hermeneutics. These posts serve as a very good introduction to this discipline and how Evangelicals have understood it so far.
