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Evoking Scripture

Seeing the Old Testament in the New

Steve Moyise
2008 Released
176 Pages
4-5 Hours
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T&T ClarkISBN 9780567197023
In clear and lucid prose Evoking Scripture explores the literary and theological frameworks that lie behind the various quotations from and allusions to the Old Testament in the New. Steve Moyise takes a series of case studies from Mark, Romans, Galatians, 1 Peter and Revelation to raise key questions about the author's hermeneutical stance as well as the methods and assumptions of those who study them. Engaging in debate with scholars such as Christopher Stanley, Richard Hays and Francis Watson, Evoking Scripture draws on the insights of both author-centered and reader-centered approaches, while also offering a critique of them. 

Each chapter focuses on a particular question. For example, is the opening quotation of Mark's Gospel intended to evoke a prophetic framework for understanding the rest of the book? Does Paul quote Habakkuk in order to evoke its 'theodicy' theme or as a summary of 'righteousness by faith'? Does the prophecy theory of 1 Peter 1:10-12 ('the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be made yours made careful search...') explain the author's actual uses of Scripture? The results are brought together in a final chapter which explores the literary and theological frameworks of the New Testament authors and of the scholars who study them.

Steve Moyise

Steve Moyise (PhD, University of Birmingham) is professor of New Testament at the University of Chichester. He is the author of Paul and Scripture, Jesus and Scripture, The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation, The Old Testament in the New, and Evoking Scripture: Seeing the Old Testament in the New. He is also coeditor with Maarten Menken of a series exploring the way particular Old Testament books are used in the New Testament, including Psalms in the New Testament, Isaiah in the New Testament, Deuteronomy in the New Testament, and The Minor Prophets in the New Testament. His other books include The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation, The Old Testament in the New, and Evoking Scripture: Seeing the Old Testament in the New.

More by Steve Moyise

Paul and Scripture
The Old Testament in the New
Introduction to Biblical Studies
Isaiah in the New Testament
The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation
Was the Birth of Jesus According to Scripture?
Jesus and the Gospels
The Later New Testament Writings and Scripture
The Later New Testament Writers and Scripture
Jesus and Scripture

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