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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458938403321

Autore

Zaman Luc

Titolo

Bible and canon [[electronic resource] ] : a modern historical inquiry / / by Luc Zaman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06096-5

9786613060969

90-474-3354-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (730 p.)

Collana

Studia Semitica Neerlandica, , 0081-6914 ; ; v. 50

Disciplina

220.1/2

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-688) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The historical investigation into the biblical canon : present state and task -- The history of the formation of the biblical canon.

pt. 1. The historical investigation into the Biblical canon : present state and task -- pt. 2. The history of the formation of the Biblical canon.

Sommario/riassunto

Several decades ago canonical criticism came to dominate the study of the canon and even indeed all of biblical studies by its emphasis on the biblical canon's dogmatic content. An investigation of this canonical criticism brings its weak points to light: most notably the insufficient attention that is given to the canon's historical development. This new historical study begins with the earliest stages of the process of forming the canon rather than its final stages as most studies do. It shows how the canon, in essence, was already formed in the early stages of its historical development. It is essentially, synchronically, an authoritative unification of a range of traditions within the faith community, and diachronically, the guide that draws the dynamics of these traditions beyond their discontinuities to produce a continuity.