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