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Even the Devil Quotes Scripture

Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms

By: Robyn J. Whitaker

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Even the Devil Quotes Scripture

Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms

By: Robyn J. Whitaker

“We are meant to take the Bible seriously, not literally.” —from the Introduction In Even the Devil Quotes Scripture, Robyn J. Whitaker looks to the Bible as a guide to interpreting the Bible, and her findings breathe new life into our understanding and use of Scripture. As it turns out, the uses of Scripture within Scripture are flexible, open to frequent reinterpretation, and rarely literal. For instance, Ezra and Nehemiah reinterpret laws about whether Jews can marry foreigners in the wake of the Babylonian exile. Their contradiction of earlier traditions found in Deuteronomic law do not invalidate Scripture but rather represent its diverse applications for the prophets’ specific situations. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus presents a more demanding interpretation of Mosaic law in the Sermon on the Mount, while in Mark’s Gospel he all but ignores its prohibition of working on the Sabbath. Yet the common ethos of the two gospels prioritizes compassion over legalism. Ultimately, Whitaker ascertains one definitive characteristic of inner-biblical interpretation: love. After all, the Old Testament passage most frequently quoted in the New Testament is Leviticus 19:18: “Love thy neighbor.” Thus, Whitaker proposes a hermeneutic of love—a litmus test for the validity of a scriptural interpretation measured in charity. Ideal for any devoted reader of the Bible, Even the Devil Quotes Scripture opens our eyes to the Bible as a living, loving gift of God’s unfolding revelation.

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Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

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Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

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Robyn. J. Whitaker interprets the Book of Revelation within the context of ancient rhetoric and religion. She argues that the author of Revelation uses a popular rhetorical tool, ekphrasis, to paint word-pictures of God that compete with material images to both critique image-making and simultaneously make an absent God present.

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Even the Devil Quotes Scripture

Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms

By: Robyn J. Whitaker

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Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms

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Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

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Even the Devil Quotes Scripture

Even the Devil Quotes Scripture

Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

Even the Devil Quotes Scripture

Even the Devil Quotes Scripture

Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation

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