Reading with the Grain of Scripture

Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies (2021) "e;All these essays illustrate, in one way or another, how I have sought to carry out scholarly work as an aspect of discipleship as a process of faith seeking exegetical clarity."e; Richard Hays has been a giant in the field of New Testament studies since the 1989 publication of his Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. His most significant essays of the past twenty-five years are now collected in this volume, representing the full fruition of major themes from his body of work: - the importance of narrative as the "e;glue"e; that holds the Bible together- the figural coherence between the Old and New Testaments- the centrality of the resurrection of Jesus- the hope for New Creation and God's eschatological transformation of the world- the importance of standing in trusting humility before the text- the significance of reading Scripture within and for the community of faithReaders will find themselves guided toward Hays's "e;hermeneutic of trust"e; rather than the "e;hermeneutic of suspicion"e; that has loomed large in recent biblical studies.