Temple in Text and Tradition

R. Timothy McLay is an independent scholar currently residing in Toronto, Canada. He has served as Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Languages, and Ministry Studies at St. Stephen's University, New Brunswick, Canada. He earned his B.A. at Atlantic Baptist University, Canada, M.Div. at Acadia Divinity College, Canada, and Ph.D. at Durham, UK.

• Introduction - James Aitken\John Barclay\Margaret Barker\Anthony Gelston\Margarite Harl\R. Timothy McLay\Walter Moberly\Lionel North\Loren Stuckenbruck\Stuart Weeks\HughWilliamson\George Brooke ‘Reading, Searching and Blessing: A FunctionalApproach to Scriptural Interpretation in the Qumran Scrolls'\Philip Alexander\RichardBriggs ‘Exodus and Liberation in Jewish Reception: The Significance ofInterpretative Categories'\Jeremy Corley ‘The Benefits of Wisdom according toSirach 21:11-21'\Alex Samely\List of Publications by Robert Hayward\Author Index\ScriptureIndex\Bibliography

The essays offer a great deal that is of value and interest, on the Targums ... , the Septuagint, Jewish prayer, and the ancient and modern history of biblical interpretation. The contributors’ references to the honor and show the affection felt for one well saluted here by Brooke as ‘a scholar of immense empathetic insight’.