Samuel Emadi, From Prisoner to Prince: The Joseph Story in Biblical Theology. IVP Academic, 2022. 208 pages.
What if I told you that Joseph was a type of Christ even according to the strictest hermeneutical controls?
You might be eager to share my confidence, but you would still say, “prove it.” Then I would hand you a copy of Samuel Emadi’s volume, From Prisoner to Prince: The Joseph Story in Biblical Theology. This is what he claims to do for us in this recent volume of the New Studies in Biblical Theology series.
Skepticism around this claim is warranted. Faithful pastors desire to preach with authority, which demands drawing connections from Old Testament individuals in ways Scripture clearly warrants. Preaching Abraham, Moses, or David? Easy. The Old Testament prophets, together with the New Testament writers, plainly and repeatedly reveal how these figures prefigure Christ.
Joseph is—shall we say—a different story. Or so it seems. Joseph receives more attention in the book of Genesis than any other character, and yet he is scarcely mentioned in the rest of the Bible. Our gut tells
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