Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures: New Developments in Canon Controversy
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Overview
Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures examines the writings included in and excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture and explores the social settings in which some of this literature was viewed as authoritative and some was viewed either as uninspired or as heretical. John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans, and Lee Martin McDonald examine how those noncanonical writings demonstrate the historical, literary, and religious aspects of the culture that gave rise to the writings. They also show how literature excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture remains valuable today for understanding the questions and conflicts that early Jewish and Christian faith communities faced. Through this discussion, contemporary readers acquire a broader understanding of biblical Scripture and of Jewish and Christian faith inspired by Scripture.
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- Examines the writings included in and excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture
- Shows how literature excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture remains valuable today
- Explores the social context in which some of this literature was viewed as authoritative, uninspired, or heretical
- The Penumbra of the Canon: What Do the Deuterocanonical Books Represent? (Collins)
- Beyond the Canon: The Recovery of the Pseudepigrapha (Collins)
- Nonbiblical Literature in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Collins)
- Recognizing Jewish Religious Texts as Scripture (McDonald)
- Forming Jewish Scriptures as a Biblical Canon (McDonald)
- Recognizing Christian Religious Texts as Scripture (McDonald)
- Forming Christian Scriptures as a Biblical Canon (McDonald)
- The Christian Apocrypha (Evans)
- The Gospels of Peter and Thomas (Evans)
- Conclusion (Collins, Evans, McDonald)
This book succeeds eminently in presenting in a very lucid way what is known and unknown, accepted and debated regarding the Jewish and Christian collections of scriptures. Questions of canonicity are discussed from all angles by three outstanding experts.
—Emanuel Tov, J. L. Magnes Professor Emeritus of Bible, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
It is hard to imagine assembling a finer ‘dream team’ to guide a reader through the process of canon formation and the broader use of (what would become) extracanonical literature in early Jewish and Christian circles than Collins, Evans, and McDonald. Their collaboration has produced a well-planned and coherent book that consistently pushes us beyond our obsession with the boundaries of canon and draws us into the contributions this larger body of literature—the deuterocanonicals, Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and early Christian ‘Apocrypha’—have made to the shaping of both Judaism and Christianity through the centuries.
—David A. deSilva, Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Ashland Theological Seminary, and author of Introducing the Apocrypha: Context, Message, and Significance
As compelling as The Three Tenors, John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans, and Lee Martin McDonald combine their respective areas of expertise to update anyone interested in the latest thinking about scriptural canons. This brave new operatic volume enchants with its complex repertoire of chapters addressing the diversity of ancient understandings about inspiration, acceptance, and reception. Anyone interested in the emergence of sacred scripture must read this book.
—Clare K. Rothschild, Professor of Scripture Studies, Lewis University, and Professor Extraordinary, Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, and author of Luke-Acts and the Rhetoric of History
- Title: Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures: New Developments in Canon Controversy
- Authors: John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans, Lee Martin McDonald
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Pages: 274
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9780664265977, 0664265979
- Resource ID: LLS:NCNTJWSCNTRVRSY
- Resource Type: Monograph
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