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JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE PSEUDEPIGRAPHA SUPPLEMENT SERIES 33 EdilOrs James H. Charleswonh Lester L. Grabbe Editorial Board Randall D. Chesnutt, Philip R. Davies, Jan Willem van Hemen, Judith M. Lieu, Steven Mason, James R. Mueller, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, James C. VanderKam STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY 7 Series Editor Craig A. Evans Sheffield Academic Press This page intentionally left blank The Interpretation of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity Studies in Language and Tradition Edited by Craig A. Evans Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 33 Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity 7 Copyright © 2000 Sheffield Acadcmic Press Published by Sheffield Academic Press Ltd Mansion House 19 Kingfield Road Sheffield 5 II 9AS England Typesct by Sheffield Academic Press 'cd Printed on acid-free paper in Great Britain by Bookcraft Ltd Midsomer Norton. Bath British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue reeord for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-84127-076-8 CONTENTS Preface 9 Abbreviations II List of Contributors 17 CRAIG A. EVANS From Language to Exegesis 19 Part I INTERPRETATION IN INTERTESTAMENTAL TRADITIONS STEPHEN B. CHAPMAN 'The Law and the Words' as a Canonical Formula within lhe Old Testament 26 STAFFAN OLOFSSO:-.l Death Shall Be their Shepherd: An Interpretation of Psalm 49.15 in the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint 75 KENNETH R. ATKINSON On the Use of Scripture in the Development of Mililani Davidic Messianism at Qumran: New Light from Psalm of Solomon 17 106 LOUIS H. FELDMAN Josephus's Biblical Paraphrase as a Commentary on Contemporary Issues 124 HINOY NAJMAN Torah of Moses: Pseudonymous Attribution in Second Temple Writings 202 6 Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity BRUCE N. FISK One Good Story Deserves Another: The Hermeneutics of Invoking Secondary Biblical Episodes in the Narratives of Pselldo·Phiio and the Testaments o/the Twelve Patriarchs 217 Part II INTERPRETATION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT JOHN PAIRMAN BROWN The Noun-Vocabulary of Jesus' Aramaic 240 R. STEVEN NOTLEY The Kingdom of Heaven Forcefully Advances 279 BENEDICTT. VIVIANO, OP Peter as Jesus' Mouth: Matthew 16.13-20 in the Light of Exodus 4.10-17 and Other Models 312 ELLEN B. AITKEN AI the Well of Living Water: Jacob Traditions in John 4 342 Y ARON Z. EUAV 'interpretive Citation' in the Epistle of Barnabas and the Early Christian Attitude towards the Temple Mount 353 Part III INTERPRETATION IN THE RABBIS AND THE TARGUMIM CHRISTIAN M.M. BRADY The Role ofK:l'l rm~ in the Targumim 364 ANTHONY J. SALDARINI 'Is Saul also among the Scribes?' Scribes and Prophets in Targum JOllalhan 375 RICHARD KALMIN Doeg the Edomite: From Biblical Villain to Rabbinic Sage 390 JOSEP RIBERA-FLORIT The Use of the Derash Method in the Targum of Ezekiel 406 COl1lent,\' 7 ESTHER M. MENN Targwn oJlhe Song oj Songs and the Dynamics of Historical Allegory 423 Index of References 446 Index of Authors 480 This page intentionally left blank PREFACE The present volume is the seventh in the series Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, a series that has grown out of the Soci ety of Biblical Literature program unit Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity. founded by the editor and long-time colleague James A. Sanders. The program unit is currently chaired by Kenneth E. Pomy kala. The series produces occasional volumes that are published as Sup plements to the Journal for Ihe Study of the Old Testamellf, JouTl/al for the Stlldy of the New Tel"tameTlf and Journalfor the Sl//dy of the Pseude pigraplw. The first two volumes appeared in 1993: Palll and the Scrip tures of Israel, edited by C.A. Evans and J.A. Sanders (JSNTSup, 83; SSEJC, I; Sheffield: JSOT Press) and The Pselldepigrapha and Early Biblical Illferpretatioll, edited by J.H. Charlesworth and C.A. Evans (JSPSup, 14; SSEJC, 2; Sheffield: JSOT Press). A third volume ap peared in 1994: The Gospels and fhe Scriptures of Israel, edited by C.A. Evans and W.R. Stegner (JSNTSup, 104; SSEJC, 3; Sheffield: Shef field Academic Press). The fourth and fifth volumes appeared in 1997: The 71lings Accomplished among Us: Prophetic Tradition in the Struc tural Pattern afLuke-Acts, by R.L Denova (JSNTSup, 141; SSEJC, 4; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press), and Early Christian Interpre tation of the Scriptures of I.srael: Investigations and Proposals. edited by C.A. Evans and J.A. Sanders (JSNTSup, 148; SSEJC, 5; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press). The sixth volume appeared in 1998: The Function of Scripture ill Early Jewish and Christiall Tradition, edited by CA. Evans and J .A. Sanders (JSNTSup, 154; SSEJC, 6; Shefficld: Sheffield Academic Press). As in the case of these previous volumes, The Interpretation of Scripture in Early Judaism and ChriSTianity: Stud ie.~ ill Language and Tradition represents a collection of studies con cerned with the function of Israel's Scriptures in later sacred writings. The studies in this volume, however, focus on interpretive tradition that grew out of the words and language of Scripture, including key terms and the names of famous (or infamous) biblical personalitics. The au thors of these studies attempt to understand the hermeneutical principles

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