Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic PeriodThe discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi texts, and new Targums has greatly increased scholarly interest in the relationship between the New Testament and first-century Judaism. This critically acclaimed study by Richard Longenecker sheds light on this relationship by exploring the methods the earliest Christians used to interpret the Old Testament. By comparing the first Christian writings with Jewish documents from the same period, Longenecker helps to discern both the key differences between Christianity and Judaism and the Judaic roots of the Christian faith. Book jacket. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Jewish Hermeneutics in the First Century | 7 |
Jesus and the Old Testament | 36 |
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