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Stimulated by the signal contributions that New Testament scholar
Richard B. Hays has made to Christology and Christian ethics, the
essays collected here carry forward conversations involving close
studies of particular passages in the Gospels and Epistles and
wider-ranging forays into big questions in those fields. Some
essays build on Hays's work, pushing forward in new directions on
questions of scriptural intertextuality, Christology, and
participation in Christ. Others challenge his work on questions of
method and substance alike. But all reflect appreciation for the
advances made by this giant of twentieth and twenty-first century
New Testament scholarship.
In comparison to Mark and Luke, the First Gospel contains a
striking preponderance of economic language in passages dealing
with sin, righteousness, and divine recompense. For instance, sin
is described as a debt, and righteous deeds are said to earn wages
with God or treasure in heaven. This study analyzes Matthew's
economic language against the backdrop of other early Jewish and
Christian literature and examines its import for the narrative as a
whole. Careful attention to this neglected aspect of Matthew's
theology demonstrates that some of the Gospel's central claims
about atonement, Jesus' death and resurrection, and divine
recompense emerge from this conceptual matrix. By tracing the
narrative development of the economic motif, the author explains
how Jesus saves his people from their sins and comes to be
enthroned as Son of Man, sheds new light on numerous exegetical
puzzles, and clarifies the relationship of ethical rigorism and
divine generosity.
In comparison to Mark and Luke, the First Gospel contains a
striking preponderance of economic language in passages dealing
with sin, righteousness, and divine recompense. For instance, sin
is described as a debt, and righteous deeds are said to earn wages
with God or treasure in heaven. This study analyzes Matthew's
economic language against the backdrop of other early Jewish and
Christian literature and examines its import for the narrative as a
whole. Careful attention to this neglected aspect of Matthew's
theology demonstrates that some of the Gospel's central claims
about atonement, Jesus' death and resurrection, and divine
recompense emerge from this conceptual matrix. By tracing the
narrative development of the economic motif, the author explains
how Jesus saves his people from their sins and comes to be
enthroned as Son of Man, sheds new light on numerous exegetical
puzzles, and clarifies the relationship of ethical rigorism and
divine generosity.
This final volume in the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred
Scripture New Testament series interprets First and Second
Thessalonians from within the living tradition of the Church.
Nathan Eubank recovers interpretations of these Pauline letters
from the ancient and medieval church as he explores their
historical and theological significance. Attractively packaged and
accessibly written, this commentary series relates Scripture to
Christian life today.
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