Can you recall what resource this could be

Sometime in the 1980's or early 1990's I read a book that had a diagram of 3 concentric circles - one for the Old Testament and one for the New Testament. The innermost circles contained the Torah and the Gospels i.e. God speaks (or something similar). The outermost circles contained the wisdom books and Revelation i.e. individual response (or something similar). The middle circles contained the remaining books i.e. corporate response (or something similar). I'm quite certain that the author was Protestant, possibly Lutheran or other mainline Protestant. Yes, I know Nouwen uses similar concepts but in a quite different manner. Any ideas?

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Rick Mansfield (Logos)

That sounds vaguely familiar to me, too. I asked my friend, ChatGPT, using your description, and it suggested Walter Wangerin. He is Lutheran, but I don't see that chart in any of the Wangerin books available in Logos after a quick look. A book from the 80s or 90s might not be digitized although Wangerin is popular enough to warrant it.

Hopefully this is a lead.

xnman

Sometime in the 1980's or early 1990's I read a book that had a diagram of 3 concentric circles - one for the Old Testament and one for the New Testament. The innermost circles contained the Torah and the Gospels i.e. God speaks (or something similar). The outermost circles contained the wisdom books and Revelation i.e. individual response (or something similar). The middle circles contained the remaining books i.e. corporate response (or something similar). I'm quite certain that the author was Protestant, possibly Lutheran or other mainline Protestant. Yes, I know Nouwen uses similar concepts but in a quite different manner. Any ideas?

I have never seen the particular one you describe... but there is one that shows Old Testament New Testament and the intersection of those or where they overlap, is Christ. If I remember right, it depicted the Patriarchal, Mosiacal, Christian times. If memory serves, I think Jules Miller was the first one that came up with the one I'm talking about. I believe you can obtain one from Freed Hardeman University Bookstore in Henderson TN.

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1301513#Comment_1301513

This one?

Christian Alexander

I too vaguely remember this. I will check my books out to see where. Talk soon.