The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition is a collection of studies in honour of Professor Maarten J.J. Menken (Tilburg) and addresses questions of textual form, Jewish and Christian hermeneutics and notions of authority and inspiration.

Bart J. Koet, Maarten Menken: A Portrait of the Scholar Interpretation of Scripture and the New Testament Steve Moyise, Matthew’s Bible in the Infancy Narrative Joost Smit Sibinga †, Theme and Variations: Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard and Its Influence in the New Testament Joop Smit, The Function of the Two Quotations from Isaiah in Luke 3-4 Adelbert Denaux, The Use of Scripture in Luke 9:51-56 Susan Docherty, The Reception of Tobit in the New Testament and Early Christian Literature, with Special Reference to Luke-Acts Peter Doble, “Are these things so?” (Acts 7:1): A Narrative-intertextual Approach to Reading Stephen’s speech Joseph Verheyden, A Cry for Help: A Note in the Margin of Acts 16:9 Wendy North, Bethany beyond the Jordan Ulrich Busse, Reinigung und Heiligung im Johannesevangelium Gilbert Van Belle, The Signs of the Messiah in the Fourth Gospel: The Problem of a “Wonder-working Messiah” Harm W. Hollander, Paul's Use of the Old Testament and his Attack on Apollos' Adherents in Corinth Gert Steyn, The Text Form of the Torah quotations Common to the Corpus Philonicum and Paul’s Corinthian Correspondence Martin C. de Boer, Observations on the Significance of the Old Testament in Galatians Tobias Nicklas, Intertextuality – Christology – Pseudepigraphy: The Impact of Old Testament Allusions in 2 Thess 1:5-12 David Allen, Why Bother Going Outside?: The Use of the Old Testament in Heb 13:10-16 John Court, Tracing Scriptural Authority Michael Labahn, “Das Buch dieser Prophetie” – die Schriften Israels und die Schrift des Sehers: Überlegungen zu Schrifthermeneutik der Johannesoffenbarung Archibald van Wieringen, The Theologoumenon “New” Bridging the Old and the New Testament Eric Ottenheijm, “Which if a man do them he shall live by them:” Jewish and Christian Discourse on Lev 18:5 Margaret Daly-Denton, The Old Testament in the New: A Resource for an Ecological Reading Interpretation of Scripture after the NT Huub W.M. van de Sandt, The Old Testament and the Didache Bart J. Koet, Isaiah 60:17 as a Key for Understanding the Two-fold Ministry of ἐπισκόποι and διάκονοι According to 1 Clement (1 Clem. 42:5) Pieter W. van der Horst, Biblical Quotations in Judaeo-Greek Inscriptions Henk Jan de Jonge, The Use of the Old Testament in Scripture Readings in Early Christian Assemblies Pancratius C. Beentjes, Saint Augustine’s Sermons 38-41 on the Book of Ben Sira Lionel North, Jan van den Driessche (Johannes Drusius, 1550-1616) and the Study of the Old Testament in the New Bibliography Prof. Dr Maarten Menken