Modes of scriptural interpretation in early Judaism and early Christianity / edited by Benjamin Edsall, Joseph Verheyden, Jens Schröter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edsall, Benjamin A., 1982- editor.

Verheyden, Joseph, 1957- editor.

Schröter, Jens, 1961- editor.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Beiheft 265.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0171-6441 ; Beiheft 265

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism--Congresses.

Christian literature, Early.

Jewish religious literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Jewish religious literature.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Church history.

Judaism--History--To 70 A.D--Congresses.

Judaism.

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Jewish religious literature--History and criticism.

Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Physical Description:

vi, 263 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2026]

Summary:

"The present contributions examine different modes of interpretation within early Jewish and Christian texts, ranging from rewriting to commentary. These interpretive approaches co-exist, operating side by side across the early period, rather than conforming to a developmental scheme. In the end, scriptural interpretation is illuminated as a capacious phenomenon, including material from sectarian Halakhah to Valentinian mythology to Rabbinic heresiological discourse." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Prolegomena to modes of scriptural interpretation / Benjamin A. Edsall, Joseph Verheyden, Jens Schr̲ter

Forms, significance, and limits of exegesis in the halakhic texts from Qumran / Lutz Doering

Philo of Alexandria, allegorical commentary, and the soul's road to virtue / Courtney J. P. Friesen

". . .written for our instruction" (Rom 15.4) : scriptural reasoning and cultural translation in Pauline letters / Kathy Ehrensperger

Matthew's interpretation of scripture / Paul Foster

Christianizing Jewish scriptures : Luke-Acts and the re-sacralization of "law and prophets" / Anthony Giambrone

Failing to communicate : Isa 6:9-10 in the New Testament / Adele Reinhartz

Tatian's Diatessaron between rewritten scripture and cento : on the origins of the gospel harmony genre / Matthew Crawford

The Sophia myth of Irenaeus' Grande Notice (Haer. 1.1-9) as a poetic reflection on Jewish and Christian scripture / Johanna Brankaer

Multiplicity and diversity in the interpretation of Jewish scriptures, according to the Valentinian Tractatus Tripartitus / Jean-Daniel Dubois

The bat and the rooster : on Jewish-Christian literary interactions in the Babylonian Talmud / Michal Bar-Asher Siegal.

Notes:

"The majority of the contributions in the present volume originate from a conference on "Scriptural Interpretation in Judaism and Christianity" held in Leuven in December 2022, jointly organized by Australian Catholic University, KU Leuven and Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. This was the second event associated with a larger project on "Jews and Christians in the First Three Centuries CE, which began in 2019..." -- See, "Introduction", page [1].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783111329253

3111329259

OCLC:

1524984762

Publisher Number:

CIPO000306819