The Word Leaps the Gap: Essays on Scripture and Theology in Honor of Richard B. Hays

J. Ross Wagner, C. Kavin Rowe, A. Katherine Grieb, Editors

ISBN 10: 0802863566 / ISBN 13: 9780802863560

Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, 2008

About this Item

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI. 2008. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail; trace shelfwear. DJ: light bumping to top edge; light rubbing to panels. Off-white boards and spine with bright red lettering on the spine. 710 pp 8vo. Some 33 contributors to this impressive volume deal with Hay's work directly, challenging his views or expanding on his thought. Others take their cue from his wide ranging interests in biblical studies, theology, and interpretation to explore their own intriguing ideas. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Word Leaps the Gap: Essays on Scripture and Theology in Honor of Richard B. Hays
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802863566
• ISBN 13: 9780802863560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
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Synopsis

This Festschrift is offered to Richard Hays in celebration of his sixtieth birthday as a token of gratitude from colleagues and friends whose scholarly imaginations have been sparked in numerous ways by his generative insights.

Contributors:

Dale C. Allison Jr.
Gary A. Anderson
John M. G. Barclay
Markus Bockmuehl
Douglas A. Campbell
Stephen B. Chapman
Brian E. Daley
Ellen F. Davis
James D. G. Dunn
Susan G. Eastman
Bruce N. Fisk
Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Joel B. Green
A. Katherine Grieb
Stanley Hauerwas
Christopher B. Hays
Judith C. Hays
Sarah Hays
George Hobson
Luke Timothy Johnson
Leander E. Keck
Joel Marcus
R. W. L. Moberly
David P. Moessner
C. Kavin Rowe
E. P. Sanders
D. Moody Smith
David C. Steinmetz
Marianne Meye Thompson
Allen Verhey
J. Ross Wagner
Francis Watson
N. T. Wright

About the Author

C. Kavin Rowe is the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament and vice dean for faculty at Duke Divinity School. His books include Early Narrative Christology; World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age; Leading Christian Communities; Method, Context, and Meaning in New Testament Studies; and Studies in Luke, Acts, and Paul.