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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Preface to the Third Edition Foreword to the First and Second Editions, by Helmut Koester Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Abbreviations Part 1: Scripture and Canon 1. Introduction I. Some Tough Questions about the Bible II. An Adaptable Bible III. Emergence of the Old Testament and New Testament IV. Process(es) of Canonization 2. The Notion and Use of Scripture I. Scribes and Scriptures in the Ancient World II. The Scriptures of Ancient Israel 3. The Notion and Use of Canon I. Canons in the Ancient World II. Biblical and Faith Canons III. Canon 1 and Canon 2 IV. Defiling the Hands: A Jewish Notion of Canon V. Canon Characteristics: Adaptability and Life VI. Summary Part 2: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Canon 4. Origins of the Hebrew Bible I. The Law as Sacred Scripture II. Recognition of the Prophets as Scripture III. The Writings and a Three-Part Canon A. Sirach 49:8–10 B. Prologue to Sirach C. 2 Maccabees 2:13–15 D. Philo, On the Contemplative Life 25–29 E. 4QMMT F. Luke 24:44 G. Luke 11:48–51 and Matthew 23:34–35 IV. The Myth of an Alexandrian Canon V. The Biblical Canon in the First Century C.E. A. The Emerging

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Author
Lee Martin McDonald
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group : Made available through hoopla
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9781441241641
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Religion, Christian, Bible
Rating
3.87 / 5 (28 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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