Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul

by Richard B. Hays

Book Overview

Paul's letters, the earliest writings in the New Testament, are filled with allusions, images, and quotations from the Old Testament, or, as Paul called it, Scripture. In this book, Richard B. Hays investigates Paul's appropriation of Scripture from a perspective based on recent literary-critical studies of intertextuality. His uncovering of scriptural echoes in Paul's language enriches our appreciation of the complex literary texture of Paul's letters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300054297
• ISBN13: 9780300054293
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"