The Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition
The studies that make up this book explore in what ways Israel's sacred tradition developed into canonical scripture and in what ways this sacred tradition was interpreted in early Judaism and Christianity. This collection will stimulate continuing investigation into the growth and interpretation of scripture in the context of the Jewish and Christian communities of faith, and will serve well as a reader for graduate courses with its focus on early exegesis and intertextuality.
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Preface7Abbreviations9List of Contributors13Introduction15Pt. IFormation of Sacred Tradition in the First Temple PeriodIncredulity, Faith, and Textual Purposes: Post-biblical Responses to the Laughter of Abraham and Sarah22Lot in Sodom: The Post-Mortem of a City and the Afterlife of a Biblical Text34Abraham and Sarah: Literary Text and the Rhetorics of Reflection45The Singular Prophet and Ideals of Torah: Miriam, Aaron, and Moses in Early Rabbinic Texts78Isaianic Midrash and the Exodus89Pt. IIBiblical Interpretation in the Second Temple PeriodNehemiah 9 and the Scripturalization of Prayer in the Second Temple Period112The Decalogue in Early Judaism and Christianity124A Retelling of the Song at the Sea in Wisdom 10.20-21142The Family as Scriptural and Social Construct in Tobit166A More Complete Semitic Background for [actual symbol not reproducible] 'Son of Man'176The Vilification of Jehoiakim (a.k.a. Eliakim and Joiakim) in Early Judaism190Pt. IIIInterpretation in the Rabbinic and Patristic PeriodSanctification of the (Divine) Name: Targum Neofiti's 'Translation' of Genesis 38.25-26206Hannah's Later Songs: A Study in Comparative Methods of Interpretation241What Does Ruth Have to Do with Rahab? Midrash Ruth Rabbah and the Matthean Genealogy of Jesus262[actual symbol not reproducible]: The Influence of Palestinian Jewish Exegesis on the Interpretation of Exodus 12.5 in Origen's Peri Pascha285Paul and the Persian Sage: Some Observations on Aphrahat's Use of the Pauline Corpus312Index of References332Index of Authors346
