Contributors to this volume examine the various collections of canonical sub-units in the canon, considering the state of the question regarding each particular collection. The chapters introduce the issues involved in sub-collections being accepted in the canon, summarize the historical evidence of the acceptance of these collections, and discuss the compositional evidence of "canonical consciousness" in the various collections. The contributors consider paratextual evidence, for example, the arrangement of the books in various manuscripts, the titles of the books, and also include evidence such as the presence of catchwords, framing devices, and themes.
The book begins with a consideration of the two overarching collections – the Old and New Testaments. Next, several sub-collections within the Hebrew Bible (OT) are considered, including the Torah, Prophets, the Megilloth, the Twelve (both in their Masoretic Text and Septuagint forms), and the Psalter. In addition, sub-collections in the New Testament include the four-fold Gospel, the Pauline Collection (usually with Hebrews in the early manuscripts), the function of Acts within the New Testament, the Praxapostolos (Acts along with the Catholic Epistles), and the function of Revelation as the end of the canon.
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Tracing the Role of Sub-Collections in the Biblical Canon
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Tracing the Role of Sub-Collections in the Biblical Canon
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Permissions
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Section One The Bible as a Whole and the Old and New Testament as Canonical Units
- 1 The Bible Canon and Its Significance: Textual Comprehensiveness, Function, Design, and Delimitation
- 2 The Canonical Shape of the Hebrew Old Testament
- 3 The Canonical Shape of the Greek Old Testament
- 4 The Canonical Shape of the New Testament
- Section Two Old Testament Canonical Sub-Units
- 5 The Pentateuch as Canon
- 6 The Canon of Psalms
- 7 The Canonical Role of Israel’s Wisdom Collection
- 8 The Macro-Structure of the Megilloth
- 9 The Canonical Function of the Nebi’im
- 10 Prophetic Intentionality in the Twelve
- 11 The Book of the Twelve in the Septuagint
- Section Three New Testament Canonical Sub-Units
- 12 The Four-Fold Gospel Collection
- 13 Corpus Apostolicum
- 14 The Pauline Corpus
- 15 Revelation as the Ending of the Canon
- Section Four Hermeneutical Considerations of Canon
- 16 Hermeneutical Reflections on Canonical Sub-Collections: Retrospect and Prospect
- List of Contributors
- Index of Biblical/Extra-Biblical References
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Copyright
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