The Word leaps the gap : essays on Scripture and theology in honor of Richard B. Hays / [print]
edited by J. Ross Wagner, C. Kavin Rowe and A. Katherine Grieb.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Pub., (c)2008.
- xxii, 710 pages ; 24 cm.
Why "the way the words run" matters: reflections on becoming a "major biblical scholar" / Stanley Hauerwas -- Echoes of the ancient Near East?: intertextuality and the comparative study of the Old Testament On interpreting the mind of God: the theological significance of the flood narrative (Genesis 6-9) / Walter Moberly -- The book of Tobit and the canonical ordering of the Book of the Twelve Faithfulness and fear, stumbling and salvation: receptions of LXX Isaiah 8:11-18 in the New Testament Idolatry in the New Testament Healing in the wings of His garment: the Synoptics and Malachi 4:2 See my tears: a lament for Jerusalem (Luke 13:31-35; 19:41-44) / Bruce N. Fisk -- "Managing the audience": the rhetoric of authorial intent and audience comprehension in the narrative epistemology of Polybius of Megalopolis, Diodorus Siculus, and Luke the evangelist "In our own languages": Pentecost, Babel, and the shaping of Christian community in Acts 2:1-13 Saul/Paul: onomastics, typology, and Christian Scripture The book of Acts and the cultural explication of the identity of God "They bear witness to me": the Psalms in the Passion narrative of the gospel of John John and Thomas in context: an exercise in canonical criticism The historical figure of Jesus in 1 John Did Paul's theology develop? / E.P. Sanders -- [Ek pisteos]: a key to the meaning of [pistis Christou] / James D.G. Dunn -- An echo of Scripture in Paul, and its implications From toxic speech to the redemption of doxology in Paul's letter to the Romans Manna and the circulation of grace: a study of 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 Imitating Christ imitating us: Paul's educational project in Philippians Resurrection and the limits of Paulinism Faith, virtue, justification, and the journey to freedom The conversion of desire in St. Paul's hermeneutics Walking through the word of God: Gregory of Nazianzus as a biblical interpreter The domestication of prophecy in the early Reformation The bard and the book: Shakespeare's interpretation of Scripture Is Matthew Arnold also among the prophets?: a Victorian critic interprets Paul Neither devils nor angels: peace, justice, and defending the innocent: a response to Richard Hays The poetics of generosity A resting place The Christian practice of growing old: the witness of Scripture Christopher B. Hays -- Gary A. Anderson -- J. Ross Wagner -- Joel Marcus -- Dale C. Allison Jr. -- David P. Moessner -- Joel B. Green -- Stephen B. Chapman -- C. Kavin Rowe -- Marianne Meye Thompson -- Luke Timothy Johnson -- D. Moody Smith -- Douglas A. Campbell -- Beverly Roberts Gaventa -- John M.G. Barclay -- Susan Eastman -- Francis Watson -- New Testament Wright -- Markus Bockmuehl -- Brian E. Daley -- David C. Steinmetz -- A. Katherine Grieb -- Leander E. Keck -- Allen Verhey -- Ellen F. Davis -- Sarah Hays Coomer -- Richard B. Hays and Judith C. Hays.