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Richard B. Hays
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Baylor University Press
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July 2017
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The claim that the events of Jesus life, death, and resurrection took place according to the Scriptures stands at the heart of the New Testaments message. All four canonical Gospels declare that the Torah and the Prophets and the Psalms mysteriously prefigure Jesus. The author of the Fourth Gospel states this claim succinctly: in his narrative, Jesus declares, If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me (John 5:46). Yet modern historical criticism characteristically judges that the New Testaments christological readings of Israels Scripture misrepresent the original sense of the texts; this judgement forces fundamental questions to be asked: Why do the Gospel writers read the Scriptures in such surprising ways? Are their readings intelligible as coherent or persuasive interpretations of the Scriptures? Does Christian faith require the illegitimate theft of someone elses sacred texts? Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels answers these questions. Richard B. Hays chronicles the dramatically different ways the four Gospel writers interpreted Israels Scripture and reveals that their readings were as complementary as they were faithful.
In this long-awaited sequel to his Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul, Hays highlights the theological consequences of the Gospel writers distinctive hermeneutical approaches and asks what it might mean for contemporary readers to attempt to read Scripture through the eyes of the Evangelists. In particular, Hays carefully describes the Evangelists practice of figural readingan imaginative and retrospective move that creates narrative continuity and wholeness. He shows how each Gospel artfully uses scriptural echoes to re-narrate Israels story, to assert that Jesus is the embodiment of Israels God, and to prod the church in its vocation to engage the pagan world. Hays shows how the Evangelists summon readers to a conversion of their imagination. The Evangelists use of scriptural echo beckons readers to believe the extraordinary: that Jesus was Israels Messiah, that Jesus is Israels God, and that contemporary believers are still on mission. The Evangelists, according to Hays, are training our scriptural senses, calling readers to be better scriptural people by being better scriptural poets.
Author
Richard B. Hays
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Published
July 2017
Weight
681g
Page Count
524
Dimensions
153 x 227 x 34 mm
ISBN
9781481305242
ISBN-10
1481305247
Eden Code
4532076
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Author/Creator: Richard B. Hays
ISBN: 9781481305242
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Release Date: July 2017
Weight: 681g
Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 34 mm
Eden Code: 4532076