Echoes of the Word

Table of Contents:

Part 1: The Discipline of Hearing

1. Exegesis as a Theological Discipline

2. Listening To and Listening For

Part 2: The Presence of the Prior Word

3. Challenged by the Greek Precedent

4. Energized by Jewish Beginnings

5. Paul: Problem and Promise

6. Death and Afterlife in the New Testament

Part 3: The Word as Criterion

7. The Penetrating Word

8. Scripture and Canon

9. The Gospel's Promise of Salvation

Part 4: A Word for Bearers of the Word

10. Our Identity's Dimensions

11. A Word for Us Theologians

12. Is There Good News for Ministers Too?

13. The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Knowledge

Part 5: The Word Borne

14. Summoned to Christian Unity

15. King Jesus?

16. Are You the Coming One?

17. Promise and Hope