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In The Origins of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible: An Analysis of Josephus and 4 Ezra, Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow examines the thorny question of when, how, and why the collection of twenty-four books that today is known as the Hebrew Bible was formed. He carefully studies the two earliest testimonies in this regard—Josephus’ Against Apion and 4 Ezra—and proposes that, along with the tendency to idealize the past, which leads to consider that divine revelation to Israel has ceased, an important reason to specify a collection of Scriptures at the end of the first century CE consisted in the need to defend the received tradition to counter those that accepted more books.

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Author:   Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   186
Weight:   0.611kg
ISBN:  

9789004381605

ISBN 10:   9004381600
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   26 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments IX Introduction  1 A Status Quaestionis on the Formation of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible  2 Some Preliminary Clarifications  3 Methodology and Structure 1 The Twenty-Two Books of the Jews According to Josephus  1 The Passage of the Against Apion  2 The Twenty-Two Books Outside the Against Apion  3 Josephus and Some Books on the Borderline of the Canon 2 The Ninety-Four Books of the Torah According to 4 Ezra  1 Introduction to 4 Ezra  2 Coordinates for a Comprehensive Understanding of 4 Ezra  3 The Characterization of Ezra  4 Function and Meaning of the Ninety-Four Books  5 Historical Context and Social Function of 4 Ezra  6 Fourth Ezra and the Canon of the Hebrew Bible 3 Comparison and Conclusions  1 A Short Comparison between Josephus and 4 Ezra on the Books  2 Elements for an Hypothesis Bibliography

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Insgesamt bietet das Buch... fundierte Beitrage zur Problematik der Begriffe Kanon und Bibel und dazu ausfurliche Textanalysen von Josephus' Contra Apionem und dem 4. Esrabuch. Alma Brodersen, Theologische Literaturzeitung

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Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow, Ph.D. (2016), Pontifical Biblical Institute, is Assistant Professor of Biblical Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome.

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