Research Catalog

Title

When texts are canonized / edited by Timothy H. Lim, with Kengo Akiyama.

Publication

• Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lim, Timothy H.
• Akiyama, Kengo, 1985-

Description

xx, 168 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This volume examines two interconnected topics related to the canonization of authoritative scriptures. How did canonization take place, and what difference does it make to a text once it is canonized? Some of the papers probe the canonical process: Why were certain books, but not others, included in the canon? What criteria were used to select the books of the canon? Was canonization a divine fiat or human act? What was the nature of the authority of the laws and narratives of the Torah? How did prophecy come to be included in the canon? Others reflect on the consequences of canonization: What are the effects in elevating certain writings to the status of "Holy Scriptures"? What happens when a text is included in an official list? What theological and hermeneutical questions are at stake in the fact of the canon? Should the canon be unsealed or reopened to include other writings?"--

Series Statement

Brown Judaic studies ; number 359

Uniform Title

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 359.

Subject

• Bible > Canon
• Canonization

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-156) and indexes.

Contents

Preface / Timothy H. Lim -- An indicative definition of the canon / Timothy H. Lim -- The way of God : early canonicity and the "nondeviation formula" / Manfred Oeming -- Uses of Torah in the Second Temple period / John J. Collins -- Bad prophecies : canon and the case of the Book of Daniel / Michael L. Satlow -- Canon and content / John Barton -- Jesus and the beginnings of the Christian canon / Craig A. Evans -- Canon and religious truth : an appraisal of a new New Testament / R.W.L. Moberly.

Call Number

JFE 17-4793

ISBN

• 9781946527004
• 1946527009
• 9781930675957
• 193067595X

LCCN

2017002484

OCLC

971511078

Title

When texts are canonized / edited by Timothy H. Lim, with Kengo Akiyama.

Publisher

Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Brown Judaic studies ; number 359

Brown Judaic studies ; no. 359.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-156) and indexes.

Added Author

Lim, Timothy H., editor.

Akiyama, Kengo, 1985- editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-4793