Part I. The first testament -- The "face of God" : Esau in canonical context / Frank ANthony Spina -- Samuel the prophet : a link between Moses and the kings / Rofl Rendtorff -- The imagery of Isaiah 40:6-8 in tradition and interpretation / Robert Davidson -- Leviticus 26 and Ezekiel / Jacob Milgrom -- Prophetic prediction, political prognostication, and firm belief : reflections on Daniel 11:40-12:3 / Adam S. van der Woude -- The signification of and its semantic field in the Hebrew Bible / Shemaryahu Talmon -- On bliblical theology / Rolf P. Knierim -- Part II. The Dead Sea Scrolls -- The Scribes of the texts found in the Judean Desert / Emanuel Tov -- Non-Jews in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- The "11QPsa-Psalter" in the Dead Sea Scrolls, including the preliminary edition of 4QPse / Peter W. Flint -- Intertextuality : Isaiah 40:3 and the Serek ha- Yahad / James H. Charlesworth -- A herald of good tidings : Isaiah 61:1-3 and its actualization in the Dead Sea Scrolls / John J. Collins -- The Aqefah, Jubilees, and pseudoJubilees / James C. Vanderkam -- A scripture profile of the Book of the Watchers / Kenneth E. Pomykala -- Part III. Text and Canon -- The First Testament : its origin, adaptability, and stability / Lee Martin McDonald -- The community of Israel and the composition fo the scriptures / Eugene Ulrich -- Biblical authority, canonical criticism, and generative exegesis / Bruce Chilton -- Kerygmatic centrality and unity in teh First Testament? / Eugene E. Lemcio -- The once and future text / Paul E. Dinter -- The historical significance of secondary readings / Alexander Rofe -- Contrasting as a translation technique in the LXX of Proverbs / Johann Cook -- Part IV. The first testament in the second -- From "house of prayer" to "cave of robbers" : Jesus' prophetic criticism of the Temple establishment / Craig A. Evans -- Paul and the new Exodus / W.D. Davies -- Paul's understanding of the textual contradiction between Habakkuk 2:4 and Leviticus 18:5 / J. Louis Martyn -- "The perfect law of liberty" (James 1:25) / Robert W. Wall -- The Vestigia Trinitatis in the Old Testament / Reginald H. Fuller -- Part V. Early Jewish adn Rabbinic interpretation -- Hammer on teh rock : ongoing Jewish exegesis / Elliot N. Dorff -- "Orally write therefore aurally right" : an essay on Midrash -- The Gerizim-Samarian community in and between texts and times : an experimental study / Ziony Zevit -- Josephus' portrait of Jethro / Louis H. Feldman -- The 70-weeks prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) in early Jewish interpretation / Lester L. grabbe -- Do Jews read the "letter"? reflections on the sign (₋₋₋) in medieval Jewish biblical exegesis / Michael A. Signer -- The ban and the "golden plate" : interpretation in pirqe d'rabbi eliezer ₋38 / Lewis M. Barth.