Heralds of the Good News: Isaiah and Paul "in Concert" in the Letter to the Romans, by J. Ross Wagner. NovTSup 101. Leiden/Boston/Cologne: Brill, 2002. Pp. xxii + 440. $192.00/$57.00. ISBN 9004116915/0391042041. The publication three years ago of Ross Wagner's study of Paul's use of Isaiah in the letter to the Romans showed how the movement inspired by Richard Hays fifteen years ago in Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989) continues to mature and develop. Wagner, who studied under Richard Hays at Duke University, has written an impressive book that makes judicious use of Hays's methods and conclusions while moving beyond Hays at many key points. The quality of the argumentation is high throughout; indeed, the book sounds more like the work of a seasoned scholar than a recent Ph.D. student. Wagner's study is essential reading not only for scholars interested in Paul's use of Scripture but for anyone involved in the study of Paul's thought.
