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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...

precise words (he substitutes ‘name of God’ for ‘my name’), and there is a change of word order; but most scholars think that these are Paul’s modifications rather than his use of a different text. In this book I will generally quote the Bible from the NRSV (Anglicized edition) as it is readily available, but when I need to demonstrate particular agreements or disagreements I provide my own translation and use the abbreviation ‘lit.’ (literally) and adhere closely to the original word order - even
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