Acknowledgments 1 IntroductionBenjamin D. Sommer 2 Concepts of Scripture in the Synagogue Service Elsie Stern 3 Concepts of Scripture in Rabbinic JudaismSteven D. Fraade 4 Concepts of Scripture in the Schools of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael Azzan Yadin-Israel 5 Concepts of Scriptural Language in Midrash Benjamin D. Sommer 6 Concepts of Scripture among the Jews of the Medieval Islamic World Meira Polliack 7 Concepts of Scripture in the School of Rashi Robert A. Harris 8 Concepts of Scripture in Maimonides James A. Diamond 9 Concepts of Scripture in Nahmanides Aaron W. Hughes 10 Concepts of Scripture in Jewish Mysticism Moshe Idel 11 Concepts of Scripture in Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig Jonathan Cohen 12 The Pentateuch as Scripture and the Challenge of Biblical CriticismBaruch J. Schwartz 13 Concepts of Scripture in Yehezkel KaufmannJob Y. Jindo 14 Concepts of Scripture in Moshe GreenbergMarc Zvi Brettler 15 Concepts of Scripture in Mordechai Breuer Shalom Carmy 16 Scripture and Modern Israeli Literature Yael S. Feldman 17 Scripture and Israeli Secular CultureYair ZakovitchGlossary About the Contributors Index