The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition: Essays in Honour of Maarten J. J. Menken

The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition is a collection of studies in honour of Professor Maarten J.J. Menken (Tilburg/Utrecht) and illustrates the rich diversity of approaches to biblical interpretation at the beginning of the Common Era. An international team of specialists share their insights on such topics as the availability of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts, Jewish and Christian hermeneutics, notions of authority and inspiration and even a study of inscriptions. Each in its own way demonstrates that the relationship between text and tradition, culture and belief is always complex.

Bart Koet Ph.D. (1989), is Professor of Early Christian Literature at the University of Tilburg. He recently edited Dreams as Divine communication in Christianity: From Hermas to Aquinas (Leuven, 2012).

Joseph Verheyden, Dr. Theol. (1987), is Professor of New Testament Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has recently co-edited (with J. Krans) Patristic and Text-Critical Studies: The Collected Essays of William L. Petersen (Leiden, 2012).

Steve Moyise, Ph.D. (1994) is Professor of New Testament at the University of Chichester. His most recent books are Jesus and Scripture (Grand Rapids, 2010); Paul and Scripture (Grand Rapids, 2010); and The Later New Testament Writers and Scripture (London, 2012).