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

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BRILL, Aug 1, 2003 - Religion - 437 pages
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 a witness to God's continuing fidelity to Israel. The book examines each of Paul's citations and allusions to Isaiah, situating them both within the milieu of early Jewish interpretive practices and within the context of Paul's unfolding argument in Romans. This volume contributes to the current debate about early Christian interpretation of scripture by tracing the complex and dynamic interrelationship in Paul's letter of Scripture, theology, and mission. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

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Contents

SCRIPTURE THEOLOGY AND MISSION IN
1
IF THE LORD OF HOSTS HAD NOT LEFT
43
2223 The Text of the Citation
95
Hearing Isaiah 102223
106
1 in Romans 1016
178
710
240
PSALM 185 IN ROMANS 1018
276
ISAIAH AMONG THE CHORUS
305
23110 in Context
361
19
367
45
373
62
385
68
392
Index of Modern Authors
399
79
405
Copyright

PAUL AND ISAIAH IN CONCERT
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J. Ross Wagner, Ph.D., Duke University, is assistant professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary

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