TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lim,Timothy H.
TI  - The Formation of the Jewish Canon
T2  - The Anchor Yale Bible reference library
SN  - 9780300164343 (cloth : alk. paper)
U1  - 221.12 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Canon
KW  - History
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Canon (Literature)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references(p. 243-275) and index; Modern and ancient views of the canon -- The emergence of the canon reconsidered -- The earliest canonical lists and notices -- The Torah in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods -- The letter of Aristeas and its early interpreters -- The wisdom of Jesus ben Sira and 2 Maccabees -- The Dead Sea scrolls and authoritative scriptures -- The holy books of the Essenes and Therapeutae -- Canon in the Gospels and Pauline letters -- The formation of the Jewish canon -- Appendix 1: Some modern canons -- Appendix 2: Early canonical lists -- Appendix 3: Bryennios and Epiphanius lists -- Appendix 4: Extra-canonical Jewish writings and the Pauline letters -- Appendix 5: Scriptural references in Sirach 44:50
ER  -