Jesus Reads Scripture: The Function of Jesus' Use of Scripture in the Synoptic Gospels. By E. B. Powery. Pp. x + 285. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2003. isbn 90 04 12659 7. €88, 123

It is hardly in doubt that Jesus ‘used’ Scripture (though ‘reads’, as in the main title of this book, gives a misleading impression to modern ears). The testimony of all the gospels, along with our knowledge of what was to be expected of any comparable religious figure of his time and place, makes i...

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Main Author: Harvey, A. E. 1930- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2006
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 637-638
Review of:Jesus reads Scripture (Leiden : Brill, 2003) (Harvey, A. E.)
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Summary:It is hardly in doubt that Jesus ‘used’ Scripture (though ‘reads’, as in the main title of this book, gives a misleading impression to modern ears). The testimony of all the gospels, along with our knowledge of what was to be expected of any comparable religious figure of his time and place, makes it barely conceivable that he would have spoken and acted without constant reference to the Hebrew Scriptures. But how far this ‘use’ by Jesus is recoverable, and whether what we read in the gospels is partly or entirely the Christian ‘hermeneutic’ of the evangelists transposed into the circumstances of Jesus’ life and ministry, are questions on which there is little agreement.
ISSN:1477-4607
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj146