The Idea of Biblical Interpretation

Hindy Najman, Ph.D. (1998) in NELC, Harvard University, is the Jordan Kapson Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. She has published on the Hebrew Bible, Hellenistic Judaism, Qumran and Rabbinic Literature including Seconding Sinai: The Development of Mosaic Discourse in Second Temple Judaism (2003).
Judith H. Newman, Ph.D. (1996) in NELC, Harvard University, is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Director of the Center of Jewish-Christian Studies at General Theological Seminary. She writes about aspects of second temple Judaism and has published Praying by the Book: the Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (1999).