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Paul and Scripture: Studying the New Testament Use of the Old Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

"[Moyise] is eminently successful in providing an introductory text that would be a useful companion to an upper-level undergraduate or seminary course on Paul and his letters." ~ David Lincicum, Religious Studies Review. There are over one hundred explicit quotations of Scripture in Paul's letters and at least two hundred allusions. The coming of Jesus and the birth of the church caused Paul...

Many church debates involve a particular interpretation of Scripture, and many will at some point quote from the letters of St Paul. In most cases this is to quote the conclusions that Paul reached as he himself wrestled with the meaning of those texts that Christians call the Old Testament and Jews the Tanak or Hebrew Bible. There are over 100 explicit quotations of Scripture in Paul’s letters and at least double that number of allusions. However, what is potentially more useful than
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