Conversion of the Imagination Paul as Interpreter of Israel's Scripture

Name: Conversion of the Imagination Paul as Interpreter of Israel's Scripture
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ISBN: 9780802812629

ISBN-10: 0802812627

ISBN-13: 9780802812629

Edition: 2005

Authors: Richard B. Hays

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"The Conversion of the Imagination contains selected essays of Richard Hays on Pauline hermeneutics, written over a period of more than twenty years. Together, they constitute a probing examination of Paul's approach to scriptural interpretation, showing that Paul's readings of Israel's Scripture sought to reshape the theological imagination of his churches.

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 213
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction : learning from Paul how to read Israel's scripture


The conversion of the imagination : scripture and eschatology in 1 Corinthians


"Who has believed our message?" : Paul's reading of isaiah


Psalm 143 as testimony to the righteousness of God


Abraham as father of Jews and Gentiles


Three dramatic roles : the law in Romans 3-4


Christ prays the Psalms : Israel's Psalter as matrix of early Christology


Apocalyptic hermeneutics : Habakkuk proclaims "the righteous one"


The role of scripture in Paul's ethics


On the rebound : a response to critiques of echoes of scripture in the letters of Paul


A hermeneutic of trust