The Conversion of the Imagination

by Hays, Richard B.

• ISBN13: 9780802812629
• ISBN10: 0802812627
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

"The Conversion of the Imagination contains selected essays of Richard Hays on Pauline hermeneutics, written over a period of more than twenty years. Together, they constitute a probing examination of Paul's approach to scriptural interpretation, showing that Paul's readings of Israel's Scripture sought to reshape the theological imagination of his churches.

Author Biography

Richard B. Hays is George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	vi
INTRODUCTION: Learning from Paul How to Read Israel's Scripture	viii
ABBREVIATIONS	xviii
The Conversion of the Imagination: Scripture and Eschatology in 1 Corinthians	1	(24)
"Who Has Believed Our Message?" Paul's Reading of Isaiah	25	(25)
Psalm 143 as Testimony to the Righteousness of God	50	(11)
Abraham as Father of Jews and Gentiles	61	(24)
Three Dramatic Roles: The Law in Romans 3-4	85	(16)
Christ Prays the Psalms: Israel's Psalter as Matrix of Early Christology	101	(18)
Apocalyptic Hermeneutics: Habakkuk Proclaims "The Righteous One"	119	(24)
The Role of Scripture in Paul's Ethics	143	(20)
On the Rebound: A Response to Critiques of Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul	163	(27)
A Hermeneutic of Trust	190	(12)
INDEX OF NAMES	202	(4)
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE AND OTHER ANCIENT LITERATURE	206