Echoes of the Word
Ebook
Overview
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
’"Repentance,’ observes Leander Keck, ‘is the discipline of turning the life Godward and holding it steadily into the wind.’ This book testifies to a life and profession of such graced discipline. Palpable on every page are the integrity of Christian faith and the scholar’s accountability to God. Echoes of the Word they may be--but their sonority outweighs the babbling of contemporary biblical exegesis and theological interpretation."
--C. Clifton Black, Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
"For more than a half a century, Lee Keck has combined first-rate NT scholarship, theological acumen, and a passion for the church. Keck’s dialogue between historical critical inquiry and the contemporary relevance of the biblical text is as important for those who feel little need to take the biblical text seriously as it is for those who refuse to recognize its limits. This collection of addresses and sermons is exemplary in demonstrating how scholarship can serve the church. I endorse it whole-heartedly."
--Gregory Sterling, The Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT
"The longer I’ve practiced ministry, the more I’ve looked for resources like Echoes of the Word: this collection of essays and sermons which speaks to heart and head alike; from which I can learn, be encouraged, and be challenged; written with extraordinary scholarship and near-poetry by one who both critically studies and passionately lives his faith. Keck has given us a unique gift, gathered from a life of teaching and leadership. Treasure it!"
--Natalie Hanson, pastor, Christ First UMC, Jamestown, NY
Product Details
- Title : Echoes of the Word
- Author: Keck, Leander E.
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Publication Date: 2015
- ISBN: 9781498206747
Leander E. Keck was born near Washburn, North Dakota on March 3, 1928. He received the B.A. from Linfield College in 1949, and the B.D. from Andover Newton Theological School in 1953. He spent the winter of 1955 studying in Kiel, Germany, and the summer of 1957 studying in Germany, at Goettingen. In 1957, he received the Ph.D. from Yale University.
Keck was an instructor in Bible History at Wellesley College 1957-1959. During the years 1959-1972, he was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Then in 1972, Keck moved to the Candler School of Theology at Emory University as a Professor of New Testament. In 1980, he was appointed Dean of the Divinity School at Yale University.