The interpretation of scripture in early Judaism and Christianity
Subtitle: studies in language and tradition
By: [edited by] Craig A. Evans.
Contributors: Evans, Craig A.
Series: T & T Clark academic paperbacks
Publisher: T & T Clark International
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.; Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Originally published: Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, 2000, in series: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha. Supplement series.
Table of contents: title: 'The law and the words' as a canonical formula within the Old Testament / Stephen B. Chapman; title: Death shall be their shepherd: an interpretation of Psalm 49.15 in the Masoretic text and the Septuagint / Staffan Olofsson; title: On the use of scripture in the development of militant Davidic messianism at Qumran: new light from Psalm of Solomon 17 / Kenneth R. Atkinson; title: Josephus's biblical paraphrase as a commentary on contemporary issues / Louis H. Feldman; title: Torah of Moses: pseudonymous attribution in Second Temple writings / Hindy Najman; title: One good story deserves another: the hermeneutics of invoking secondary biblical episodes in the narratives of Pseudo-Philo and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs / Bruce N. Fisk; title: The noun-vocabulary of Jesus' Aramaic / John Pairman Brown; title: The kingdom of heaven forcefully advances / R. Steven Notley; title: Peter as Jesus' mouth: Matthew 16.13-20 in the light of Exodus 4.10-17 and other models / Benedict T. Viviano; title: At the well of living water: Jacob traditions in John 4 / Ellen B. Aitken; title: 'Interpretive citation' in the epistle of Barnabas and the early Christian attitude towards the Temple Mount / Yaron Z. Eliav; title: The role of 'The Attribute of Justice' in the Targumim / Christian M.M. Brady; title: 'Is Saul also among the scribes?' Scribes and prophets in Targum Jonathan / Anthony J. Saldarini; title: Doeg the Edomite: from biblical villain to rabbinic sage / Richard Kalmin; title: The use of the Derash method in the Targum of Ezekiel / Josep Ribera-Florit; title: Targum of the Song of songs and the dynamics of historical allegory / Esther M. Menn.