In modern descriptions of biblical theology, attempts to distinguish it from dogmatic or systematic theology have often focused on the latter’s use of extrabiblical or “philosophical” concepts and categories in expounding Christian doctrine. In his recent volume entitled Biblical Theology: The God of the Christian Scriptures, John Goldingay initially affirms this method of distinguishing between the disciplines, but his subsequent treatment of the Bible’s teaching about God affords an excellent opportunity to discuss whether this approach to the distinction is in fact practicable. Through an appreciative engagement of Goldingay’s work, this essay will discuss (1) the need for an alternative way of distinguishing biblical theology from dogmatic theology and (2) how Goldingay’s treatment of scriptural teaching on God in particular might help to address perceived tensions between the Bible’s portrayal of God and classical accounts of God that are frequently viewed with suspicion in modern biblical scholarship.

在对圣经神学的现代描述中，试图将其与教义或系统神学区分开来的尝试，通常集中于后者在阐释基督教教义时对书外或“哲学”概念和范畴的使用。在他最近的《圣经神学：基督教圣经中的上帝》一书中，约翰·戈尔丁盖（John Goldingay）最初肯定了这种区分学科的方法，但是他随后对圣经关于上帝的教导的处理为讨论这种区分方法是否实际上可行提供了绝好的机会。通过对戈尔丁盖著作的鉴赏，本文将讨论（1）区分圣经神学和教条神学的替代方法的必要性，以及（2）戈丁盖对圣经中关于上帝的教义的处理如何特别有助于解决人们之间的紧张关系。圣经对上帝的描绘和对上帝的经典记载在现代圣经学术中经常被人们怀疑。