{"product_id":"reading-with-the-grain-of-scripture-9780802878458","title":"Reading with the Grain of Scripture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard B. Hays\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Criticism \u0026amp; Interpretation - New Testament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award in Biblical Studies (2021) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\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. His most significant essays of the past twenty-five years are now collected in this volume, 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","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46311021674647,"sku":"9780802878458","price":6035.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780802878458.webp?v=1767702195","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reading-with-the-grain-of-scripture-9780802878458","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}