Jesus and Scripture - Softcover

Moyise, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 028106217X ISBN 13: 9780281062171

Publisher: SPCK, 2010

Synopsis

This book meets the need for an accessible introduction to the various ways that Jesus used Scripture, both in his teaching and in his own understanding of his ministry. After an introductory chapter on the forms of the text that Jesus might have known, it first analyses the way that the four Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) portray Jesus' use of Scripture, under the headings 'Jesus and the Law', 'Jesus and the Prophets' and 'Jesus and the Writings'. It then shows how modern scholars take very different views on how the historical Jesus might be reconstructed (e.g., Crossan, Vermes, Sanders, Dunn, Wright) and demonstrates how this affects one's understanding of Jesus' use of Scripture. It concludes with an assessment of how far Jesus' use of Scripture can be seen as formative for Paul and other New Testament writers.

About this title

About the Author

Steve Moyise is Visiting Professor of Newman University, Birmingham and author of Was the Birth of Jesus According to Scripture? (2013), Paul and Scripture (2010), Jesus and Scripture (2010) and Evoking Scripture: Seeing the Old Testament in the New (2008).

Edition details

• Publisher: SPCK
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 028106217X
• ISBN 13: 9780281062171
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160