Description
Book SynopsisExplores the revisionary hermeneutical practices of the writers of the four gospels. Each of the contributors examines the distinctive ways that the canonical evangelists put a particular “spin” on the story of Jesus through rereading the Old Testament in different ways.
Trade ReviewThis volume will provide important grist for the mill for those interested in biblical hermeneutics. -- Gary A. Anderson, Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, University of Notre Dame
This welcome collection of essays marks a noteworthy contribution to the study of intertextual dimensions of biblical interpretation. -- A. K. M. Adam, Professor of New Testament, Bowdoin College
A rich and dense resource, this book takes seriously its interdisciplinary aim. -- Alison M. Jack -- Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Table of Contents
- Foreword to the German Edition
- Stefan Alkier and Richard B. Hays
- Foreword to the English Edition
- Richard B. Hays
- Intertextual Interpretation of Biblical Texts
- The Bible in Dialogue and the Problem of Hardening in Mark 4: Intertextuality within the Framework of a Categorical Semiotics of Biblical Texts, Stefan Alkier
- Intertextuality and Historical Approaches to the Use of Scripture in the New Testament, Steve Moyise
- How Does God Act? Intertextual Readings of 1 Corinthians 10, Michael Schneider
- Allegorical Reading and Intertextuality: Narrative Abbreviations of the Adam Story in Paul (Rom 1:18-28), Eckart Reinmuth
- The Matthean Jesus and the Isaac of the Early Jewish Encyclopedia, Leroy Andrew Huizenga
- Paul as User, Interpreter and Reader of the Book of Isaiah, Florian Wilk
- The Liberation of Israel in Luke-Acts: Intertextual Narration as Countercultural Practice, Richard B. Hays
- Psalm 113 and the Song of Hannah (1 Sam 2:1-10): A Paradigm for Intertextual Reading?, Marianne Grohmann
- Intertextual Interpretation Outside the Boundaries of the Canon
- Canon as Intertext: Restraint or Liberation?, George Aichele
- Christian Apocalypses and their Mimetic Potential in Pagan Education: A Contribution concerning Lucian's True History, Peter von M? llendorf
- Nonnus and his Tradition, Tomas A. Schmitz
- Literary Reading(s) of the Bible: Aspects of a Semiotic Conception of Intertextuality and Intertextual Analysis of Texts, Magdolna Orosz
- Reading the Bible in the Context of ""Thick Description"": Reflections of a Practical Theologian on a Phenomenological Concept of Contextuality, Hans-G??nter
- Heimbrock
- Semiotics, Intertextuality and New Testament Studies
- New Testament Studies on the basis of Categorical Semiotics: A Conception, Stefan Alkier
- [Indices]
