A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism presents 18 commissioned articles on biblical exegesis in early Judaism, covering the period after the Hebrew Bible was written and before the beginning of rabbinic Judaism. The essays, all written by experts in the field, are arranged in seven categories: Hebrew Bible, rewritten Bible, Qumran literature, apocalyptic literature and testaments, wisdom literature, Hellenistic Judaism, and biblical interpretation in antiquity. Together these essays provide a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the diverse modes of scriptural interpretation practiced by a diverse and dynamic spectrum of Jewish groups in the Hellenistic and early Roman eras.
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“Scribal Comments and Corrections; Legal Exegesis; Aggadic Exegesis; Mantological Exegesis (the interpretation of prophecies, dreams, omens, and oracles).” (Page 28)
“The Greek text was translated as a tool to understand the Hebrew, a ‘crib for the study of the Hebrew” (Page 71)
“a new approach to Israel’s ancient writings now emerged: They could tell you what to do now” (Page 5)