The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 1, From the Beginnings to 600

'Clearly and authoritatively written by three-dozen widely recognized specialists, this superb collection divides into five parts: 'Languages, Writing Systems, and Book Production'; 'The Hebrew Bible and Old Testaments'; 'The New Testament'; 'Biblical Versions other than the Hebrew and the Greek'; and 'The Reception of the Bible in the Post-New Testament Period' ... With a full array of indexes, this volume is perfect for advanced undergraduates through seasoned researchers. All libraries serving such individuals will want at least one copy of this book, along with the three others ... that make up this series ... Highly recommended ...' L. J. Greenspoon, Choice

'Just as the original became a standard work of reference, a must for all scholarly libraries, so too should this successor, as both then and now the contributors are all scholars of the front rank, and we are offered a fresh guide to the 'state of the art' in biblical study and the history of biblical reception in antiquity.' Reviews in Religion and Theology

James Carleton Paget is senior lecturer in New Testament at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Tutor at Peterhouse College. He is the author of The Epistle of Barnabas (1994) and of Jews, Christians and Jewish Christians in Antiquity (2010). Joachim Schaper is professor in Hebrew, Old Testament and Early Jewish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of Eschatology in the Greek Psalter (1995), Priester und Leviten im achmenidischen Juda (2000), Wie der Hirsch lechzt nach frischem Wasser (2004) and editor of Die Textualisierung der Religion (2009).

Preface; Part I. Languages, Writing Systems and Book Production: 1. The language of the Old Testament Geoffrey Khan; 2. Varieties of Greek in the Septuagint and the New Testament Jan Joosten; 3. Writing and book production in the Ancient Near East William Schniedewind; 4. Writing and book production in the Hellenistic and Roman periods Larry Hurtado and Chris Keith; Part II. The Hebrew Bible and Old Testaments: 5. The text of the Hebrew Bible and its transmission Eugene Ulrich; 6. The literary history of the Hebrew Bible Joachim Schaper; 7. The Old Testament Canons John Barton; 8. The 'Apocryphal' Old Testament John J. Collins; 9. From inner biblical exegesis to Rabbinic exegesis Gnther Stemberger; 10. The Aramaic Targums Robert Hayward; 11. Biblical interpretation in Qumran Jonathan G. Campbell; 12. The Septuagint Kristin De Troyer; 13. Biblical interpretation in Greek Jewish writings William Horbury; 14. Scripture in the Jerusalem temple Robert Hayward; 15. The political and legal uses of scripture James W. Watts; 16. Modern editions of the Hebrew Bible E. Tov; Part III. The New Testament: 17. The New Testament Canon Joseph Verheyden; 18. The New Testament text and versions David Parker; 19. The 'Apocryphal' New Testament Keith Elliott; 20. The Old Testament in the New Testament Dale C. Allison; Part IV. Biblical Versions other than the Hebrew and the Greek: 21. The Latin Bible P.-M. Bogaert; 22. The Syriac versions of the Bible Peter Williams; 23. The translation of the Bible into Coptic Wolf-Peter Funk; Part V. The Reception of the Bible in the Post-New Testament Period: 24. The interpretation of the Bible in the second century James Carleton Paget; 25. Gnostic and Manichean interpretation Winrich Lhr; 26. Origen Gilles Dorival; 27. Eusebius Michael J. Hollerich; 28. Jerome Adam Kamesar; 29. Augustine Carol Harrison; 30. Syriac exegesis J. F. Coakley; 31. Figurative readings: their scope and justification Mark Edwards; 32. Traditions of exegesis Frances Young; 33. Pagans and the Bible Wolfram Kinzig; 34. Exegetical genres in the Patristic era Mark Elliott; 35. The Bible in doctrinal development and Christian councils Thomas Graumann; 36. The Bible in liturgy Gerard Rouwhorst; 37. The Bible in popular and non-literary culture Lucy Grig; Select bibliography; Indices.