Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Some Considerations on the Categories "Bible" and "Apocrypha" -- Part One Interpretation in Context -- "For From Zion Shall Come Forth Torah . . ." (Isaiah 2:3): Biblical Paraphrase and the Exegetical Background of Susanna -- Different Traditions or Emphases? The Image of God in Philo's De Opificio Mundi -- The Implied Audience of the Letter of James -- James on Faith and Righteousness in the Context of a Broader Jewish Exegetical Discourse -- Part Two Comparative Studies -- You Will Have Treasure in Heaven -- Allegorical Interpretations of Biblical Narratives in Rabinic Literature, Philo, and Origen: Some Case Studies -- Hermeneutics of Holiness: Syriac-Christian and Rabbinic Constructs of Holy Community and Sexuality -- The Parallel Lives of Early Jewish and Christian Texts and Art: The Case of Isaac the Martyr -- Part Three Interpretive Trajectories -- Didymus the Blind and the Philistores: A Contest over Historia in Early Christian Exegetical Argument -- Exegeting the Eschaton: Dionysius the Areopagite and the Apocalypse -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.