Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period

The 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.

Richard N. Longenecker is Distinguished Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.

Abbreviations	p. viii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Quotations or Allusions	p. xiv
The Distribution of Biblical Quotations	p. xvii
Inner-Biblical Exegesis or Extrabiblical Exegesis	p. xix
Identifying, Analyzing, and Defining Exegetical Features in Early Judaism	p. xxiii
The Fulfillment Theme in the New Testament	p. xxvi
The Christocentric Nature and Pneumatic Quality of New Testament Exegesis	p. xxx
Is There a Sensus Plenior in the New Testament's Use of the Old?	p. xxxi
Can We Reproduce the Exegesis of the New Testament?	p. xxxiv
The Relation of the Testaments	p. xxxix
Introduction	p. 1
Jewish Hermeneutics in the First Century	p. 6
Sources	p. 7
Literalist Interpretation	p. 14
Midrashic Interpretation	p. 18
Pesher Interpretation	p. 24
Allegorical Interpretation	p. 30
Summation	p. 33
Jesus and the Old Testament	p. 36
A Realistic Appraisal of the Documents	p. 37
The Phenomena of the Quotations	p. 41
Literalist and Midrashic Treatments	p. 50
Pesher Interpretations	p. 54
A Paradigm for Continued Study	p. 58
Early Christian Preaching and the Old Testament	p. 63
Sermonic and Catechetical Materials	p. 63
The Phenomena of the Quotations	p. 69
Testimonia Verses and Blocks of Biblical Material	p. 73
Exegetical Presuppositions	p. 76
Exegetical Practices and Patterns	p. 79
Paul and the Old Testament	p. 88
The Letters of Paul	p. 90
The Phenomena of the Quotations	p. 91
Literalist and Midrashic Treatments	p. 98
Allegorical Interpretations	p. 109
Pesher Interpretations	p. 113
The Evangelists and the Old Testament	p. 117
The Phenomena of the Quotations	p. 118
The Quotations in Mark and Luke	p. 121
The Quotations in Matthew	p. 124
The Quotations in John	p. 135
Hebrews and the Old Testament	p. 140
The Provenance of the Letter	p. 141
The Phenomena of the Quotations	p. 146
Exegetical Presuppositions and Practices	p. 151
The Biblical Argument	p. 155
Jewish Christian Tractates and the Old Testament	p. 166
The Nature of the Materials	p. 167
The Phenomena of the Quotations	p. 176
Literalist Treatments	p. 179
Pesher Interpretations	p. 180
The Nature of New Testament Exegesis	p. 185
Christocentric Interpretation	p. 187
Common, Diverse, and Developed Exegetical Patterns	p. 189
The Descriptive and the Normative in Exegesis	p. 193
Selected Bibliography	p. 199
Index of Authors	p. 223
Index of References	p. 227
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