Judaic and Christian Interpretation of Texts Contents and Contexts

Continues the study of ancient Judaism by academic methods. This volume includes, by chapter descriptions: Galatians (1:1-5): Paul and Greco-Roman Rhetoric; Text as Interpretation: Paul and Ancient Readings of Paul; Translation and Exegetical Argumentation in the Targums to the Pentateuch; Topic, Rhetoric, Logic: Analysis of a Syllogistic Passage in the Yershalmi; System or Tradition? The Bavli and its Sources; and Literary Studies of Aggadic Narrative: A Bibliography. Co-published with Studies in Judaism.