'What Does the Scripture Say?' Studies in the Function of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity: Volume 2: The Letters and Liturgical Traditions

Myers addresses John's use of Moses traditions in his characterization of Jesus. Stewart examines the Johannine use of Ps. 82 by merging a broader contextual examination with an analysis of formal logic. Moyise discusses Paul's quotations adn explores their relevance for the scholarly consensus. Lincicum studies Paul's letters and the Temple Scroll and compares their exegetical practice with references to Deuteronomy. Wells discusses the topic of divine and human agency in Pauline theology and soteriology. Luckensmeyer investigates how Paul wove words, phrases, and themes from Obadiah into his first letter to the Thessalonian Christians. Becker examines 2 Cor. 3.4-18 and Mk 9.2-9. Bucur investigates the peculiar reading of Hab. 3.2. Jobes probes the extent of the influence of the Twelve Minor Prophets on the writers of the New Testament. Matlock examines Solomon's prayer of dedication of the Jerusalem temple. Stern proposes a new model for understanding both the role of biblical texts in early Jewish liturgy and the relationship between biblical and non-biblical utterances in the early synagogue context.

• Table of contents
• Abbreviations
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1. Introducing "What Does the Scripture Say?": Studies in the Function of Scripture in the Letters and Liturgical Traditions - Craig A. Evans and H. Daniel Zacharias
• 2. "The One of Whom Moses Wrote": The Characterization of Jesus through Old Testament Moses Traditions in the Gospel of John - Alicia D. Myers
• 3. Text, Context, and Logical Analysis: A Reexamination of the Use of Psalm 82 in John 10.31-39 - Bryan A. Stewart
• 4. Does Paul Respect the Context of his Quotations? Hosea as Test-case - Steve Moyise
• 5. Paul and the Temple Scroll: Reflections on A Shared Engagement with Deuteronomy - David Lincicum
• 6. The Vindication of Agents, Divine and Human: Paul's Reading of Deuteronomy 30.1-14 in Romans - Kyle B. Wells
• 7. Intertextuality between Obadiah and First Thessalonians - David Luckensmeyer
• 8. 2 Corinthians 3.14, 18 as Pauline Allusions to a Narrative Jesus-Tradition - Eve-Marie Becker
• 9. Vision, Exegesis, and Theology in the Reception History of Habakuk 3.2 - Bogdan C. Bucur
• 10. The Greek Minor Prophets in James - Karen H. Jobes
• 11. Prayer Changes Things or Things Change Prayer:Innovations of Solomon's Temple Prayer in Early Jewish Literature - Michael D. Matlock
• 12. Praying Scripture: Rethinking the Role of Biblical Utterances in Early Jewish Liturgy - Elsie Stern
• Select Bibliography
• Index of References
• Index of Authors