Septuagint Figura: Assessing the Contribution of Richard B. Hays
This article offers a brief engagement with Richard B. Hays's 2014 book Reading Backwards, with occasional reference to its 2016 successor, Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels. Beginning with a genealogy of Hays's notion of figural exegesis, the article calls attention to the bold theologic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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| In: |
Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-104 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hays, Richard B. 1948-
/ Church fathers
/ Old Testament
/ New Testament
/ Biblical typology
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Erich Auerbach
B Figural Reading B Irenaeus of Lyons B John David Dawson B Hermeneutics B Richard B. Hays |
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| Summary: | This article offers a brief engagement with Richard B. Hays's 2014 book Reading Backwards, with occasional reference to its 2016 successor, Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels. Beginning with a genealogy of Hays's notion of figural exegesis, the article calls attention to the bold theological claims that cash out his understanding of figural exegesis. It then proceeds to a critical dialogue that questions Hays' identification of his understanding of figural exegesis with that of the church fathers. Irenaeus and John David Dawson are drawn upon to argue for a significant difference between ancient practice and the post-critical hermeneutics evinced throughout Reading Backwards. The two approaches are by no means as easily drawn together as Hays seems to suggest, and the difference has significant implications for understanding the role God might play in how we relate the Old Testament to the New. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930616000491 |