Formation of the Jewish Canon

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls provides unprecedented insight into the nature of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament before its fixation. Timothy Lim here presents a complete account of the formation of the canon in Ancient Judaism from the emergence of the Torah in the Persian period to the final acceptance of the list of twenty-two/twenty-four books in the Rabbinic period.Using the Hebrew Bible, the Scrolls, the Apocrypha, the Letter of Aristeas, the writings of Philo, Josephus, the New Testament, and Rabbinic literature as primary evidence he argues that throughout the post-exilic period up to around 100 CE there was not one official "canon" accepted by all Jews; rather, there existed a plurality of collections of scriptures that were authoritative for different communities. Examining the literary sources and historical circumstances that led to the emergence of authoritative scriptures in ancient Judaism, Lim proposes a theory of the majority canon that posits that the Pharisaic canon became the canon of Rabbinic Judaism in the centuries after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.

Info autore

Timothy H. Lim is Professor of Hebrew Bible & Second Temple Judaism at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.

Riassunto

Examining the literary sources and historical circumstances that led to the emergence of authoritative scriptures in ancient Judaism, the author proposes a theory of the majority canon that posits that the Pharisaic canon became the canon of Rabbinic Judaism in the centuries after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Timothy H. Lim, TimothyH Lim, Timothy H Lim, Lim Timothy H.
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 08.11.2013
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo
• EAN: 9780300164343
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16434-3
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Serie: The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library; The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library; Anchor Bible Reference Library; Anchor Bible Reference Library (YUP)
• Categorie: HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Jewish, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, RELIGION; Judaism; History RELIGION; Sacred Writings; Jewish, Sacred Writings, history religion