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The Targums and Rabbinic Literature: An Introduction to Jewish Interpretations of Scripture

Abstract: The Targums are interpretative translations of the Hebrew text of the Bible which originated in Synagogue teaching, where an interpretation of the Hebrew text had to be given orally for the benefit of non-Hebrew speaking congregations. Over the centuries, a loose 'Targum Tradition' began to form and the written Aramaic Targums can best be understood as crystallisations of the Targum tradition at different points of time. In the first part of this book Professor Bowker examines the emergence and development of Jewish exegesis and the importance of the Targums. Bearing in mind that Jewish and rabbinic material is being increasingly applied to problems of Christian origins, he provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject (referring to the texts and translations most readily available) with emphasis on recent work and discoveries. The second part of the book gives actual material in translation, showing how Jewish exegesis arrived at its interpretations of Scripture.

On the Literary Genre of the "Epistle" To the Hebrews

Abstract: The Epistle to the Hebrews has been and is the object of so much divergent theorizing in the history of modern exegesis that one is tempted to doubt whether any substantial agreement about it is possible, at least in the foreseeable future. A happy exception to this sad state of affairs is the rather general consensus on the literary genre of the "epistle". Inasmuch as the author of Hebrews himself says that his work is a X6yoq Tz'r x7apX?6?o s (xiii 22) 1), and inasmuch as this phrase denotes a homily in Acts xiii 15, the conclusion would seem to be that the "Epistle" to the Hebrews is basically a homily, with a few words attached at the end after the manner of a letter 2). For an understanding of the literary form of the epistle, then, it would seem advisable to study the form of the early homily. The most thorough discussion up to the present of the literary form of the homily with reference to Hebrews is that of HARTWIG THYEN, Der Stil der Jiidisch-Hellenistischen Homilie 3). It is THYEN's thesis that a number of Jewish and Christian writings in Greek in

The West from the Fathers to the Reformation

Abstract: Preface 1. The Old Testament: manuscripts, text and versions Rev. Professor Bleddyn J. Roberts, D.D. 2. The history of the text and canon of the New Testament to Jerome C. S. C. Williams 3. Early Christian book-production: papyri and manuscripts T. C. Skeat 4. Jerome Fr E. F. Sutcliffe, S.J. 5. The medieval history of the Latin Vulgate Raphael Loewe 6. The exposition and exegesis of scripture 7. The 'People's Bible': artists and commentators Rev. R. L. P. Milburn 8. Bible illustration in medieval manuscripts Professor Francis Wormald 9. The Vernacular scriptures 10. Erasmus in relation to the medieval biblical tradition Fr Louis Bouyer, D.D. Bibliography Notes on the plates Plates Indexes.