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In response to the growing interest in the history of biblical interpretation, this volume brings together a variety of studies exploring ways in which ancient and modern readers, Jewish and Christian, understood the Prophetic Books. With a particular emphasis on significant figures in the Former Prophets, these essays engage their interpretation in such literary corpora as the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the New Testament. George J. Brooke, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Ariel Feldman, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, USA Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Reconfiguring Solomon in the Royal Fiction of Ecclesiastes -- The Comeback of Comebacks: David, Bathsheba, and the Prophets in the Song of Songs -- Killing the Father: Gender and the Figure of Solomon in Ben Sira's Hymn to the Fathers -- The Book of Judges in Early Jewish Interpretation: The Contribution of the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Zedekiah, Covenant, and the Scrolls from Qumran Dethroning David and Enthroning Messiah: Jewish and Christian Perspectives -- Probing the Former Prophets with a New Online Tool for the Study of Biblical Quotations and Allusions in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Septuagint Joshua and Matthew's Jesus: Salvation and Land Wars? -- Elijah, Ezekiel, and Romulus: Luke's Flesh and Bones (Luke 24:39) in Light of Ancient Narratives of Ascent, Resurrection, and Apotheosis -- King Manasseh of Judah in Early Judaism and Christianity "A Running Thread of Ideals": Joshua and the Israelite Conquest in American History -- Index of Names and Subjects
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