This book brings together in one volume Samson H. Levey's major writings on Hebrew Bible, Rabbinic Tradition, Aramaic Targum, and Messianism in early Rabbinic Judaism, including two previously unpublished essays. Levey's superb scholarship is devoted to probing the mysteries and complexities of Jewish literature as it took shape in the early Christian centuries. This work will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of ancient Judaism and Christian origins. Professor Levey is Founding Director Emeritus of the Magnin School of Graduate Studies and Professor Emeritus of Rabbinics and Jewish Religious Thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles.