Second Temple Judaism was a world of living texts. In a pre-canonical era where authoritative traditions were regularly reworked, interpretations could define textual trajectories. This book examines the vibrant literary culture of this period, analyzing how ancient Jewish writers reused earlier material and reimagined it for later contexts. Focusing principally on the phenomenon called “Rewritten Scripture,” William B. Bowes traces how texts like Chronicles, Temple Scroll, and Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum extend the voice of sources while also transforming them. Bowes thereby presents a compelling account of how interpretation, authority, and rewriting intertwine in ancient Jewish literary culture.