Reading the Bible Intertextually
Edited by Richard B. Hays, Stefan Alkier and Leroy A. Huizenga
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Subjects: All Biblical Studies, Hebrew Bible, New Testament |
Reading the Bible Intertextually explores the revisionary hermeneutical practices of the Bible. Here some of the world's foremost interpreters of the New Testament examine the varied and distinctive ways that the canonical texts engage in conversation with other parts of the Bible.
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 Möllendorf
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-Günter Heimbrock
Semiotics, Intertextuality and New Testament Studies
New Testament Studies on the basis of Categorical Semiotics: A Conception, Stefan Alkier
[Indices]
A rich and dense resource, this book takes seriously its interdisciplinary aim.
—Alison M. Jack, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2010, 32.5
This 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. Adamb, Professor of New Testament, Bowdoin College
Richard B. Hays is George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, Duke Divinity School. One of the world’s foremost interpreters of the New Testament, he is the author of many books, included the esteemed The Moral Vision of the New Testament and, more recently, The Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of Israel’s Scripture.
Stefan Alkier is Professor of New Testament and the History of the Early Church, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main. His past books include Zeichen aus Text und Stein: Studien auf dem Weg zu einer Archäologie des Neuen Testaments (with Jürgen Zangenberg, 2003), Wunder und Wirklichkeit in den Briefen des Apostels Paulus: Ein exegetischer Beitrag zu einem Wunderverständnis jenseits von Entmythologisierung und Rehistorisierung (2001), and Urchristentum: zur Geschichte und Theologie einer exegetischen Disziplin (1993).
Leroy A. Huizenga is Assistant Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College.
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