Writing with Scripture: The Authority and Uses of the Hebrew Bible in the Torah of Formative Judaism

"Whereas the world at large treats Judaism as 'the religion of the Old Testament,' the fact is otherwise. Judaism inherits and makes the Hebrew Scripture its own, just as does Christianity. And just as Christianity rereads the entire heritage of ancient Israel in the light of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,' so Judaism understands the Hebrew scripture as only one part, the written part, of 'the whole Torah of Moses, our rabbi. But what does that simple fact mean when we wish to understand the role of the Scriptures of ancient Israel in Judaism and Christianity? This book proposes a fresh answer to that question as it addresses Judaism." Preface