The formation of the Jewish canon /
Lim, Timothy H.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Canon (Literature)