Matthew W. Bates is Assistant Professor of Theology at Quincy University. He lives in Quincy, Illinois.

There is no doubt that Bates offers students of Paul's scriptural interpretation a major, programmatic investigation...it demands serious consideration by anyone investigating biblical exegesis in early Christianity. -- Robert B. Foster, Madonna University -- Review of Biblical Literature

• Introduction1. Toward the Center of Pauline Hermeneutics2. Paul and the Hermeneutics of the Apostolic Kerygma3. Figuration and the Divine Economy4. Introducing Prosopological Exegesis5. Prosopological exegesis in Paul's Letters6. The Implications of Kerygmatic HermeneuticsBibliographyIndex of Biblical References

Matthew W. Bates is Assistant Professor of Theology at Quincy University. He lives in Quincy, Illinois.

There is no doubt that Bates offers students of Paul's scriptural interpretation a major, programmatic investigation...it demands serious consideration by anyone investigating biblical exegesis in early Christianity. -- Robert B. Foster, Madonna University -- Review of Biblical Literature

• Introduction1. Toward the Center of Pauline Hermeneutics2. Paul and the Hermeneutics of the Apostolic Kerygma3. Figuration and the Divine Economy4. Introducing Prosopological Exegesis5. Prosopological exegesis in Paul's Letters6. The Implications of Kerygmatic HermeneuticsBibliographyIndex of Biblical References