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Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of the most daunting challenges facing the New Testament interpreter is achieving a familiarity with the immense corpus of related literatures. Scholars and students must have a fundamental understanding of the content, provenance, and utility for New Testament interpretation of a wide range of pagan, Jewish, and diversely Christian documents. This volume examines a vast range of ancient...

MEDIEVAL COMMENTATORS Saadya ben Joseph Solomon ben Isaac Abraham Ibn Ezra Joseph Kimhi Moses Maimonides David Kimhi Moses Kimhi Moses Nahmanides As John Townsend has pointed out, rabbinic writings that are used to aid in the interpretation of early Christianity fall into three categories: Targum, Talmud, and midrash (midraš). The first category is treated in another chapter; the latter two are considered in this chapter. The writings that fall into the category of Talmud are the first four listed
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