Hebrew Bible Old Testament. The History of Its Interpretation. I: From the Beginnings to the Middle Ages (Until 1300). Part 1: Antiquity

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 16
Historiographical Problems and Challenges: A Prolegomenon / Magne Sæbø......Page 18
A. Beginnings of Scriptural Interpretation......Page 30
1. Inner-Biblical Exegesis / Michael Fishbane......Page 32
2.1. The History and Significance of a Standard Text of the Hebrew Bible / Emanuel Tov......Page 48
2.2. The Significance of a Fixed Canon of the Hebrew Bible / John Barton......Page 66
2.3. The Interpretative Character and Significance of the Septuagint Version / John William Wevers......Page 83
3. Early Jewish Biblical Interpretation in the Qumran Literature / Johann Maier......Page 107
4. Early Jewish Interpretation in a Hellenistic Style / Folker Siegert......Page 129
5.1. Scripture and Canon in Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha / Robert A. Kraft......Page 198
5.2. Josephus on Canon and Scriptures / Steve Mason & Robert A. Kraft......Page 216
B. Parting of the Ways: Jewish and Christian Scriptural Interpretation in Antiquity......Page 236
6. Social and Institutional Conditions for Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible with Special Regard to Religious Groups and Sects / Jarl Fossum......Page 238
7. From Inner-Biblical Interpretation to Early Rabbinic Exegesis / Jay M. Harris......Page 255
8.1. Local Conditions for a Developing Rabbinic Tradition / David Kraemer......Page 269
8.2. Scriptural Interpretation in the Mishnah / David Kraemer......Page 277
8.3. Patterns and Developments in Rabbinic Midrash of Late Antiquity / Richard Kalmin......Page 284
8.4. The Hermeneutics of the Law in Rabbinic Judaism: Mishnah, Midrash, Talmuds / Jacob Neusner......Page 302
8.5. The Targums: Their Interpretative Character and Their Place in Jewish Text Tradition / Étan Levine......Page 322
9. New Testament Interpretation of the Old Testament / Hans Hübner......Page 331
10. The Development of Scriptural Interpretation in the Second and Third Centuries -- except Clement and Origin / Oskar Skarsaune......Page 372
11. The Question of Old Testament Canon and Text in the Early Greek Church / Oskar Skarsaune......Page 442
12. Greek Philosophy, Hermeneutics and Alexandrian Understanding of the Old Testament / J. F. Procopé......Page 450
13. The Christian Exegesis of the Old Testament in the Alexandrian Tradition / J. N. B. Carleton Paget......Page 477
14. Exegesis of the Old Testament in the Antiochene School with its Prevalent Literal and Historical Method / Sten Hidal......Page 542
15. Exegetical Contacts between Christians and Jews in the Roman Empire / Günter Stemberger......Page 568
16. The Interpretative Character of the Syriac Old Testament / Michael Weitzman......Page 586
17. The Christian Syriac Tradition of Interpretation / Lucas Van Rompay......Page 611
18. The Latin Old Testament Tradition / Eva Schulz-Flügel......Page 641
19. Jerome: His Exegesis and Hermeneutics / René Kieffer......Page 662
20. The Reception of the Origenist Tradition in Latin Exegesis / Christoph Jacob......Page 681
21. Augustine: His Exegesis and Hermeneutics / David F. Wright......Page 700
22. Church and Synagogue as the Respective Matrix of the Development of an Authoritative Bible Interpretation: An Epilogue / Magne Sæbø......Page 730
Contributors......Page 746
Abbreviations......Page 752
Names......Page 764
Topics......Page 786
Greek words......Page 797
References......Page 798