The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and

Writing from a Jewish perspective, Jon Levenson reviews many often neglected theoretical questions. He focuses on the relationship between two interpretive communities--the community of scholars who are committed to the historical-critical method of biblical interpretation and the community responsible for the canonization and preservation of the Bible.

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Acknowledgments
Preface
The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism	p. 1
Why Jews Are Not Interested in Biblical Theology	p. 33
The Eighth Principle of Judaism and the Literary Simultaneity of Scripture	p. 62
Theological Consensus or Historicist Evasion? Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies	p. 82
Historical Criticism and the Fate of the Enlightenment Project	p. 106
Exodus and Liberation	p. 127
Notes	p. 161
Index of Authors	p. 185
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 189
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