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(3.7) | None | What does it mean to speak of a canon of scripture? How, when, and where, did the canon of the Hebrew Bible come into existence? Why does it have three divisions? What canon was in use among the Jews of the Hellenistic diaspora? At Qumran? In Roman Palestine? Among the rabbis? What Bible did Jesus and his disciples know and use? How was the New Testament canon formed and closed? What role was played by Marcion? By gnostics? By the church fathers? What did the early church make of the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha? By what criteria have questions of canonicity been decided? Are these past decisions still meaningful faith communities today? Are they open to revision?These and other debated questions are addressed by an international roster of outstanding experts on early Judaism and early Christianity, writing from diverse affiliations and perspectives, who present the history of discussion and offer their own assessments of the current status.Contributors: William Adler, Peter Balla, John Barton, Joseph,Blenkinsopp, Frangois Bovon, Kent D. Clarke, Philip R. Davies, James D. G. Dunn, Eldon Jay Epp, Craig A. Evans, William R. Farmer, Everett Ferguson, Robert W. Funk, Harry Y. Gamble, Geoffrey M. Hahneman, Daniel J. Harrington, Everett R. Kalin, Robert A. Kraft, Jack P. Lewis, Jack N. Lightstone, Steve Mason, Lee M. McDonald, Pheme Perkins, James A. Sanders, Daryl D. Schmidt, Albert C. Sundberg Jr., Emanuel Tov, Julio Trebolle-Barrera, Eugene Ulrich, James C. VanderKam, Robert W. Wall.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | McDonald, Lee Martin | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Sanders, James A. | Editor | main author | all editions | confirmed | Adler, William | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Balla, Peter | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Barrera, Julio C. Trebolle | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Barton, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Blenkinsopp, Joseph | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bovon, Francois | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Clarke, Kent D. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Davies, Philip R. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dunn, James D.G. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Epp, Eldon Jay | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Evans, Craig A. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Farmer, William R. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Ferguson, Everett | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Funk, Robert W. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gamble, Harry Y. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hahneman, Geoffrey Mark | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Harrington, Daniel J. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kalin, Everett R. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kraft, Robert A. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lewis, Jack Pearl | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lightstone, Jack N. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mason, Steve | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | McDonald, Lee Martin | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Perkins, Pheme | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sanders, James A. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Schmidt, Daryl D. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sundberg Jr., Albert C. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Tov, Emanuel | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Ulrich, Eugene | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | VanderKam, James C. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wall, Robert W. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (2)▾Book descriptions What does it mean to speak of a canon of scripture? How, when, and where, did the canon of the Hebrew Bible come into existence? Why does it have three divisions? What canon was in use among the Jews of the Hellenistic diaspora? At Qumran? In Roman Palestine? Among the rabbis? What Bible did Jesus and his disciples know and use? How was the New Testament canon formed and closed? What role was played by Marcion? By gnostics? By the church fathers? What did the early church make of the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha? By what criteria have questions of canonicity been decided? Are these past decisions still meaningful faith communities today? Are they open to revision?These and other debated questions are addressed by an international roster of outstanding experts on early Judaism and early Christianity, writing from diverse affiliations and perspectives, who present the history of discussion and offer their own assessments of the current status.Contributors: William Adler, Peter Balla, John Barton, Joseph,Blenkinsopp, Frangois Bovon, Kent D. Clarke, Philip R. Davies, James D. G. Dunn, Eldon Jay Epp, Craig A. Evans, William R. Farmer, Everett Ferguson, Robert W. Funk, Harry Y. Gamble, Geoffrey M. Hahneman, Daniel J. Harrington, Everett R. Kalin, Robert A. Kraft, Jack P. Lewis, Jack N. Lightstone, Steve Mason, Lee M. McDonald, Pheme Perkins, James A. Sanders, Daryl D. Schmidt, Albert C. Sundberg Jr., Emanuel Tov, Julio Trebolle-Barrera, Eugene Ulrich, James C. VanderKam, Robert W. Wall. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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