Jewish and Christian scriptures : the function of "canonical" and "non-canonical" religious texts
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Jewish and Christian scriptures : the function of "canonical" and "non-canonical" religious texts
（Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies, v. 7）（T&T Clark Jewish and Christian texts series, v. 7）
T & T Clark, c2010
- hbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and index
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Over the past four decades, many scholars have focused on the expanding collection of alleged "extra-canonical" documents that were deemed inspired by God in numerous early Jewish and Christian groups. Eventually, these texts ceased to have an authoritative role in Judaism and Christianity and were branded "extra-canonical." Now, these documents, once considered sacred, are recognized as fundamental in understanding antiquity, and the development of the canon. Many scholars are now according an authority to some of these texts This volume draws attention to these ancient religious texts, especially the so-called "non-canonical" texts, by focusing on how they were used or functioned in early societies. The contributors also warn us about the assumed barriers between "canon" and "extra-canon," "texts" and "traditions," and they suggest that we should be careful with labels such as "Jewish" and "Christian." The contributors also indicate, intermittently or implicitly, the importance of combining disciplines that had been isolated, especially the study of texts, the exploration of the canonical process, and the relevance of sociology in studying ancient groups.
Table of Contents
- Preface: James H. Charlesworth and Lee Martin McDonald Abbreviations
- Introduction: 'What's Up Now? Renewal of an Important Investigation' James A. Sanders
- 1. What Do We Mean by Canon? Some Modern and Ancient
- 2. People of the Book and the Book of the People
- 3. Citation Formulae as Indices to Canonicity in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature
- 4. Rewriting the Sacred: Some Problems of Textual Authority in Light of the Rewritten Scriptures from Qumran
- 5. Jude's Citation of 1 Enoch
- 6. The Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament: The Case of the Acts of the Apostles
- 7. Apocrypha and Liturgy in the Fourth Century: The Case of the 'Six Books' Dormition Apocryphon
- 8. The Transfiguration Remembered, Reinterpreted, and Reenacted in Acts of Peter 20-21
- Selected Bibliography: Canonical Criticism and the Use of Scriptures in Early Judaism and Early Christianity
- Indexes.
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