Heralds of the Good News: Isaiah and Paul in Concert in the Letter to the Romans

by J. Ross Wagner

In this text-critical, literary, and theological investigation of Paul's interpretation of Isaiah in Romans, it is argued that Paul's citations and allusions evince sustained and careful attention to significant portions of Isaiah, in concert with other scriptural voices.
Through a radical rereading of Isaiah, Paul appropriates these prophetic oracles as prefigurations of his own mission to Gentiles while simultaneously appealing to Isaiah as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0391042041
• ISBN13: 9780391042049
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"