Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith

Francis Watson is Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Durham, UK.

• From the Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction to the Second Edition. The Apostle Who Reads: In Dialogue with My Critics1. Apocalypse (J. L. Martyn)2. Metanarrative (N.T. Wright)3. Faith (Richard Hays)4. Retrospection (Douglas Campbell)5. Unconditionality (Troels Engberg-Pedersen)6. Canon (Christopher Seitz)AbbreviationsIntroduction1. A Three-Way Conversation2. The Covenant and the Law of Life3. Christ and Scripture4. Intertextual Dynamics5. The Conflict of Interpretations Part I: AntithesisCh. 1: Justification and HermeneuticsCh. 2: Reading the TwelveCh. 3: The God of my SalvationPart II: PromiseCh. 4: Genesis (1)Ch. 5: Genesis (2)Part III: The WildernessCh. 6: ExodusCh. 7: LeviticusCh. 8: NumbersPart IV: Last WordsCh. 9: Deuteronomy (1)Ch. 10: Deuteronomy (2)ConclusionAppendix I - Scripture in Pauline Theology: How Far Down Does It Do? Appendix II - The Hermeneutics of Salvation: Paul, Isaiah, and the Servant BibliographyIndex of Primary TextsIndex of SubjectsIndex of Authors

This book is a splendid piece of theological scholarship. It is completely up to date on the most important critical scholarship in the many fields it covers, displaying a sure and wholly independent judgement and an amazing technical expertise in places. It is innovative and perspicacious, but also well-balanced and catholic in its way of adjudicating well-known scholarly conundra.