Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period Book

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