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Paul’s letters, the earliest writings in the New Testament, are filled with allusions, images, and quotations from the Old Testament, or, as Paul called it, Scripture. In this book, Richard B. Hays investigates Paul’s appropriation of Scripture from a perspective based on recent literary-critical studies of intertextuality. His uncovering of scriptural echoes in Paul’s language enriches our...

The apostle Paul introduces as spokesman for his gospel a character named The Righteousness from Faith,1 who repeats lines penned long before in Israel’s Scripture: Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” … or “Who will descend into the abyss?” … The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. (Rom. 10:6–8) The words echo Deut. 30:11–14, a passage in which Moses exhorts Israel to keep
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