This volume features a body of work selected by Craig A. Evans, B. J. Oropeza, and Paul T. Sloan, designed to examine just what is meant by "intertextuality," including metalepsis and the controversial and exciting approach known as "mimesis." Beginning with an introduction from Oropeza that orients readers in a complex and evolving field, the contributors first establish the growing research surrounding the discipline before examining important texts and themes in the New Testament Gospels and epistles. Throughout, these essays critically evaluate new proposals relating to intertextuality and the function of ancient Scripture in the writings that eventually came to comprise the New Testament. With points of analysis ranging from multidimensional recontextualization and ancient Midrash in the age of intertextuality to Luke's Christology and multivalent biblical images, this volume amasses cutting-edge research on intertexuality and biblical exegesis.

Examines the cutting-edge of scholarship on intertexuality in the New Testament.

About the Author
Craig A. Evans is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA. B.J. Oropeza is professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Seminary, USA. Paul T. Sloan is assistant professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University, USA.


Book Information
ISBN 9780567678973
Author Dr. B. J. Oropeza
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 572g