A companion to biblical interpretation in early judaism presents eighteen commissioned articles on biblical exegesis in early judaism covering the period after the hebrew bible was written and before the beginning of rabbinic judaism the essays all written by experts in the field are arranged in seven categories hebrew bible rewritten bible qumran literature apocalyptic literature and testaments wisdom literature hellenistic judaism and biblical interpretation in antiquity. Inner biblical interpretation 27 yair zakovitch translators as interpreters scriptural interpretation in the septuagint 64 martin rosel the interpretation of the hebrew bible in the targums 92 edward m cook part 3 rewritten bible biblical interpretation in the book of jubilees the case of the early abram jub 1114 1215 121 jacques van . A companion to biblical interpretation in early judaism edited by matthias henze seeks to provide a systematic introduction to biblical in terpretation in the jewish literature of antiquity p ix the companion includes eighteen essays under eight headings introduction the he brew bible old testament rewritten . A companion to biblical interpretation in early judaism edited by matthias henze grand rapids mich william b eerdmans publishing co 2012 pp xv 568 50 paper this book is a multi author collection with a variety of approaches to the chosen topic of biblical interpretation in early judaism