The formation of the Jewish canon / Timothy H. Lim
- Author
- Lim, Timothy H.
- Published
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
- Physical Description
- xiv, 288 pages ; 25 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Modern and ancient views of the canon -- The emergence of the canon reconsidered -- The earliest canonical lists and notices -- The Torah in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods -- The Letter of Aristeas and its early interpreters -- The Wisdom of Jesus ben Sira and 2 Maccabees -- The Dead Sea scrolls and authoritative scriptures -- The holy books of the Essenes and Therapeutae -- Canon in the gospels and Pauline letters -- The formation of the Jewish canon -- Appendix 1: Some modern canons -- Appendix 2: Early canonical lists -- Appendix 3: Bryennios' and Epiphanius' lists -- Appendix 4: Extra-canonical Jewish writings and the Pauline letters -- Appendix 5: Scriptural references in Sirach 44-50.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780300164343 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300164343 (cloth : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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