Table of Contents
Foreword J. Randall O'Brien ix
Editors' Preface Richard Walsh Mikeal C. Parsons xi
Biography of Naymond Keathley Craig Keathley Kevin Keathley Kristen Keathley Riggsby xv
Curriculum Vitae of Naymond Haskins Keathley Derek Hogan xix
List of Abbreviations xxix
I Interpreting the Bible
Enemies and Evildoers in Book V of the Psalter W.H. Bellinger, Jr. 3
Matthew's "Messianization" of Mark Lidija Novakovic 15
St. Peter's Crisis of Faith at Harvard: The Scarsellino Picture and Matthew 14 Heidi J. Hornik 28
Jewish Purification Practices and the Gospel of John Frank Wheeler, Sr. 43
The Knowledge of God: Prophetic Vision and Johannine Theme R. Alan Culpepper 56
Romans 6:1-14: The Case for a Chiastic Q&A Rudolph D. Gonzalez 71
Slave and Free: Ideal Ideologies in Vesuvian Villas and in Galatians 3:28 Bruce W. Longenecker 85
The Ideal King in Hebrews: The Exemplary and Empowering Rule of the Son of God Jason A. Whitlark 102
II Interpreting Luke and Acts
Luke, Metalepsis, and the Deuteronomistic History James M. Kennedy 119
"Filled with the Spirit": Improvisational Speech in Acts 4:5-31 William D. Shiell 129
The Ethiopian Eunuch Unhindered: Embodied Rhetoric in Acts 8 Mikeal C. Parsons 146
Recalling the Mount of Olives: Sleeping and Praying in Acts 12:1-7 Andrew E. Arterbury 161
Dream-Visions in the Plot of Acts Derek S. Dodson 174
Cinematic Acts and the Triumph of Christianity Richard Walsh 186
III Interpreting Christian and Baptist Life
The Bible as Spiritual Friend Charles H. Talbert 203
Restoring the New Testament Church? Baptist Self-Perception(s) in America from the Mid-Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century C. Douglas Weaver 214
Discipleship as Participation in Christ's Death to Sin Sharyn Dowd 230
The Abolitionist Pastor Who Left Providence "To Serve the Devil": Rev. James B. Simmons of the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis (1857-1861) Travis L. Frampton 240
Fidelity Daniel G. Bagby 260