New Studies in Textual Interplay

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 Lukes Christology and multivalent biblical images this volume amasses cutting-edge research on intertexuality and biblical exegesis.