num_pages: 256
description: From the very beginning Holy Scripture has always been interpreted Scripture and its interpretation determined the development and the history of both early Judaism and the first centuries of the Christian church. In this volume the first of four on the History of Biblical Interpretation readers will discover how the earliest interpreters of the Bible made the Scriptures come alive for their timeswithin the contexts and under the influences of Hellenism Stoicism and Platonism as well as the interpretive methods developed in Alexandria. Particular attention is paid to innerbiblical interpretation (within the Hebrew Bible itself and in the New TestamentTMs reading of the Hebrew Bible) as well as to the interpretive practices reflected in the translation of the Septuagint and the writings of Qumran Philo the early rabbis the apostolic fathers Barnabas and Clement and early Christian leaders such as Justin Martyr Marcion Irenaeus and Origen.
language: English
title: History of Biblical Interpretation, Vol. 1: From the Old Testament to Origen
publisher: Society of Biblical Literature