Canonization and Decanonization : Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997. /

Canonization and Decanonization : Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997. /

This volume contains the papers read at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization of 9-10 January 1997. The emphasis in this rich and wide-ranging contribution to the subject is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions and on the phenomenon of religious...

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Corporate Authors: Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions. International Conference, Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions.

Other Authors: Kooij, Arie van der, 1945-, Toorn, K. van der., Snoek, Joannes Augustinus Maria, 1946-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998.

Series: Numen Book Series 82.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Bible > Canon > Congresses.
Sacred books > Congresses.

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Call Number: BL71 .I58 1997

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • (De)Canonization and the History of Religions
  • Canonization in Oral and Literate Cultures
  • 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
  • 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 /
  • Elaine C. Cornille
  • (De)Canonization and Modern Society
  • Canons, Catalogues and Classics /
  • J.Z. Smith
  • Canonicity and the Problem of the Golden MeAN
  • Being Convinced: On the Foundations of the Christian Canon
  • The Canon as a Straitjacket /
  • H.M. Vos
  • Tradition, (de)Canonization, and the Challenge of Plurality /
  • L. Boeve
  • Bemerkungen 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
  • Canonization and Decanonization: An Annotated Bibliography /
  • J.A.M. Snoek
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Selected Index of Ancient Sources /
  • Robert Kraft
  • Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.