This Festschrift is offered to Richard Hays in celebration of his sixtieth birthday as a token of gratitude from colleagues and friends whose scholarly imaginations have been sparked in numerous ways by his generative insights. Contributors: Dale C. Allison Jr. Gary A. Anderson John M. G. Barclay Markus Bockmuehl Douglas A. Campbell Stephen B. Chapman Brian E. Daley Ellen F. Davis James D. G. Dunn Susan G. Eastman Bruce N. Fisk Beverly Roberts Gaventa Joel B. Green A. Katherine Grieb Stanley Hauerwas Christopher B. Hays Judith C. Hays Sarah Hays George Hobson Luke Timothy Johnson Leander E. Keck Joel Marcus R. W. L. Moberly David P. Moessner C. Kavin Rowe E. P. Sanders D. Moody Smith David C. Steinmetz Marianne Meye Thompson Allen Verhey J. Ross Wagner Francis Watson N. T. Wright C. Kavin Rowe is the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament and vice dean for faculty at Duke Divinity School. His books include Early Narrative Christology ; World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age ; Leading Christian Communities ; Method, Context, and Meaning in New Testament Studies ; and Studies in Luke, Acts, and Paul .