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Canonization and decanonization / edited by A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn ; with an annotated bibliography compiled by J.A.M. Snoek.

By: Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions. International Conference (1997 : Leiden, Netherlands)
Contributor(s): Kooij, Arie van der, 1945- | Toorn, K. van der | Snoek, Joannes Augustinus Maria, 1946- | Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions
Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in the history of religions: 82.Publisher: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 1998Description: xxiii, 515 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9004112464 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Sacred books -- Congresses | Bible -- Canon -- CongressesDDC classification: 291.8/2 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-506) and indexes.
Contents:
Canonization in oral and literate cultures / J. Goody -- The canonization of ancient books kept in the temple of Jerusalem / A. van der Kooij -- The 'writings.' A Hellenistic literary canon in the Hebrew Bible / B. Lang -- Quotation formulae and canon in Qumran / J.L. Lust -- Septuagint Proverbs and canonization / J. Cook -- The rabbinic canon and the Old Testament of the early church: a social-historical view / J. Schaper -- The New Testament canon as the embodiment of evolving Christian attitudes towards the Jews / P.J. Tomson -- The second-third century canonization of the Hebrew Bible and its influence on Christian canonizing / Z. Zevit -- Canon and the Samaritans / J. Zsengellér -- The Song of Songs as a microcosm of the canonization and decanonization process / D.M. Carr -- The Muslim canon from late antiquity to the era of modernism / A. al-Azmeh -- Buddhist hermeneutics in medieval Japan. Canonical texts, scholastic tradition and sectarian polemics / L. Dolce -- Apocryphal texts in Chinese Buddhism. T'ien-t'ai Chih-i's use of apocryphal scriptures / P.L. Swanson -- The invention of a canon: the case of Zoroastrianism / M. Stausberg -- Canon formation in new religious movements. The case of the Japanese new religions / C. Cornille --
Canons, catalogues and classics / J.Z. Smith -- Canonicity and the problem of the golden mean / H.J. Adriaanse -- Being convinced: on the foundations of the Christian canon / A. van de Beek -- The canon as a straitjacket / H.M. Vos -- Tradition, (de)canonization, and the challenge of plurality / L. Boeve -- Bemurkungen zur Koagulation von 'Stories' und zum Phänomen der Kanonisierung / D. Ritschl -- The canon: authority and fascination / Th.L. Hettema -- Texts, canon and revelation in Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics / Th.M. van Leeuwen -- Canon and social control / M.B. ter Borg -- La Totémisation de la société. Remarques sur les montages canoniques et la question du sujet / P. Legendre.

"Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR), held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-506) and indexes.

Canonization in oral and literate cultures / J. Goody -- The canonization of ancient books kept in the temple of Jerusalem / A. van der Kooij -- The 'writings.' A Hellenistic literary canon in the Hebrew Bible / B. Lang -- Quotation formulae and canon in Qumran / J.L. Lust -- Septuagint Proverbs and canonization / J. Cook -- The rabbinic canon and the Old Testament of the early church: a social-historical view / J. Schaper -- The New Testament canon as the embodiment of evolving Christian attitudes towards the Jews / P.J. Tomson -- The second-third century canonization of the Hebrew Bible and its influence on Christian canonizing / Z. Zevit -- Canon and the Samaritans / J. Zsengellér -- The Song of Songs as a microcosm of the canonization and decanonization process / D.M. Carr -- The Muslim canon from late antiquity to the era of modernism / A. al-Azmeh -- Buddhist hermeneutics in medieval Japan. Canonical texts, scholastic tradition and sectarian polemics / L. Dolce -- Apocryphal texts in Chinese Buddhism. T'ien-t'ai Chih-i's use of apocryphal scriptures / P.L. Swanson -- The invention of a canon: the case of Zoroastrianism / M. Stausberg -- Canon formation in new religious movements. The case of the Japanese new religions / C. Cornille --

Canons, catalogues and classics / J.Z. Smith -- Canonicity and the problem of the golden mean / H.J. Adriaanse -- Being convinced: on the foundations of the Christian canon / A. van de Beek -- The canon as a straitjacket / H.M. Vos -- Tradition, (de)canonization, and the challenge of plurality / L. Boeve -- Bemurkungen zur Koagulation von 'Stories' und zum Phänomen der Kanonisierung / D. Ritschl -- The canon: authority and fascination / Th.L. Hettema -- Texts, canon and revelation in Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics / Th.M. van Leeuwen -- Canon and social control / M.B. ter Borg -- La Totémisation de la société. Remarques sur les montages canoniques et la question du sujet / P. Legendre.

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