All That the Prophets Have Declared : The Appropriation of Scripture in the Emergence of Christianity.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- All That the Prophets Have Declared -- Appropriation and Interpretation -- 1. Two Case Studies in Earliest Christologial Readings of Biblical Texts -- 2. 'He Interpreted to Them the Things About Himself in All the Scriptures': Linguistic Perspectives on the New Testament's Use of the Old Testament -- Gospels and Acts -- 3. Jesus and Scripture: Scripture and the Self-Understanding of Jesus -- 4. Acts 4:23-31 and a Biblical Theology of Prayer -- 5. Becoming Prophets: Acts 10:34-43 and Peter's Appropriation of Prophecies About Jesus -- Pauline Letters -- 6. Scripture and Identity in Galatians -- 7. The 'Seed', the 'Many' and the 'One' in Galatians 3:16: Paul's Reading of Genesis 17 and its Significance for Gentiles -- 8. Taking with One Hand, and Giving with the Other? The Use of Psalm 68:18 in Ephesians 4:8 -- 9. The Use of the Old Testament in Philippians -- Non-Pauline Letters -- 10. The Appropriation of Scripture in 1 Peter -- 11. God Has Spoken: The Renegotiation of Scripture in Hebrews -- Appropriation Today -- 12. Reading the New Testament from the Outside -- Conclusion -- Endnotes.

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