Sacra Scriptura: How "Non-Canonical" Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity

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Main Details

Title Sacra Scriptura: How "Non-Canonical" Texts Functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Professor James H. Charlesworth
Edited by Reverend Doctor Lee Martin McDonald
SeriesJewish and Christian Texts
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreBiblical studies
ISBN/Barcode 9780567148872
ClassificationsDewey:229.067
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publication Date 19 December 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Many of the writings deemed 'apocryphal' and 'pseudepigraphical'were in circulation in the early centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Their influences and impacts on the development of early communities, and the development of Jewish and Christian thoughts, have not yet been sufficiently examined. While this judgment is especially true for the so-called Christian Apocrypha, it also applies for other writings that were not included in the Jewish and Christian Bibles and nor in other sacred collections of Scripture,like Rabbinics and Patristics. Most of these ancient writings functioned, to some degree, as sacred texts or scripture-sacra scriptura-in the communities in which they were produced and in others to which they circulated.This volume focuses on how some of these forgotten voices were heard within numerous early religious communities, helping to remove the distressing silence in many areas of the ancient world.

Author Biography

James H. Charlesworth is George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and Director and Editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA. Lee Martin McDonald is President Emeritus and Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College, Acadia University, Canada. He is also President of the Institute for Biblical Research. Blake A. Jurgens is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, USA, and a Fulbright Fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany.

Reviews

These essays are unique and extend the scholarly discussion about canon - Jewish and Christian. * Filologia Neotestamentaria *