Richard B. Hays (Ph.D., Emory University) is George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, Duke Divinity School. His publications include Reading Backwards (2014) and Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation (edited with Stefan Alkier, 2012).Stefan Alkier is Professor of New Testament and the History of the Early Church, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main. His past books include Zeichen aus Text und Stein: Studien auf dem Weg zu einer Arch?ñologie des Neuen Testaments (with Jurgen Zangenberg, 2003), Wunder und Wirklichkeit in den Briefen des Apostels Paulus: Ein exegetischer Beitrag zu einem Wunderverst?ñndnis jenseits von Entmythologisierung und Rehistorisierung (2001), and Urchristentum: zur Geschichte und Theologie einer exegetischen Disziplin (1993).Leroy A. Huizenga (Ph.D., Duke University) is Chair of the Department of Theology, Associate Professor of Theology, and the Director of the Christian Leadership Center at the University of Mary in Bismark, ND.

This volume will provide important grist for the mill for those interested in biblical hermeneutics. -- Gary A. Anderson, Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, University of Notre Dame

• Foreword to the German EditionStefan Alkier and Richard B. HaysForeword to the English EditionRichard B. HaysIntertextual Interpretation of Biblical TextsThe Bible in Dialogue and the Problem of Hardening in Mark 4: Intertextuality within the Framework of a Categorical Semiotics of Biblical Texts, Stefan AlkierIntertextuality and Historical Approaches to the Use of Scripture in the New Testament, Steve MoyiseHow Does God Act? Intertextual Readings of 1 Corinthians 10, Michael SchneiderAllegorical Reading and Intertextuality: Narrative Abbreviations of the Adam Story in Paul (Rom 1:18-28), Eckart ReinmuthThe Matthean Jesus and the Isaac of the Early Jewish Encyclopedia, Leroy Andrew HuizengaPaul as User, Interpreter and Reader of the Book of Isaiah, Florian WilkThe Liberation of Israel in Luke-Acts: Intertextual Narration as Countercultural Practice, Richard B. HaysPsalm 113 and the Song of Hannah (1 Sam 2:1-10): A Paradigm for Intertextual Reading?, Marianne GrohmannIntertextual Interpretation Outside the Boundaries of the CanonCanon as Intertext: Restraint or Liberation?, George AicheleChristian Apocalypses and their Mimetic Potential in Pagan Education: A Contribution concerning Lucian's True History, Peter von M?ÂllendorfNonnus and his Tradition, Tomas A. SchmitzLiterary Reading(s) of the Bible: Aspects of a Semiotic Conception of Intertextuality and Intertextual Analysis of Texts, Magdolna OroszReading the Bible in the Context of ""Thick Description"": Reflections of a Practical Theologian on a Phenomenological Concept of Contextuality, Hans-G??nter HeimbrockSemiotics, Intertextuality and New Testament StudiesNew Testament Studies on the basis of Categorical Semiotics: A Conception, Stefan Alkier[Indices]