{"product_id":"reading-with-the-grain-of-scripture-9780802878458","title":"Reading with the Grain of Scripture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"All these essays illustrate, in one way or another, how I have sought to carry out scholarly work as an aspect of discipleship--as a process of faith seeking exegetical clarity.\" -- from the introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Hays has been a giant in the field of New Testament studies since the 1989 publication of his \u003ci\u003eEchoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, his most significant essays of the past twenty-five years are collected here, representing the full fruition of major themes from his body of work: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe importance of narrative as the \"glue\" that holds the Bible together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe figural coherence between the Old and New Testaments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe centrality of the resurrection of Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe hope for New Creation and God's eschatological transformation of the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe importance of standing in trusting humility before the text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe significance of reading Scripture within and for the community of faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will find themselves guided toward Hays's \"hermeneutic of trust\" rather than the \"hermeneutic of suspicion\" that has loomed large in recent biblical studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802878458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d","brand":"Richard B. Hays","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643622846620,"sku":"9780802878458","price":52.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_670e3102-a52a-4ed1-a4dd-4110df66540b.jpg?v=1603856959","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/reading-with-the-grain-of-scripture-9780802878458","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}