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The canon of the Bible and the Apocrypha in the churches of the East / edited by Vahan S. Hovhanessian.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bible in the Christian Orthodox tradition ; v. 2.
- Bible in the Christian Orthodox tradition, 1947-5977 ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Bible--Canon.
- Bible.
- Canon.
- Apocryphal books.
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 113 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2012]
- Summary:
- The findings here were presented and discussed at meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature in Rome in July 2009 and in New Orleans in November 2009. The essays cover the canon of scripture in the Orthodox Church, the Prayer of Manasses: Orthodox tradition and modern studies in dialogue, the Testament of Solomon and other pseudepigraphical material in Ahkam Sulayman (Judgment of Solomon), the Book of Wisdom of Solomon in the Armenian Church literature and liturgy, The New Testament Romanian amulet text Visul Maicii Domnului (The Dream of the Mother of the Lord), banning from the lectionary: excluding the Apocalypse of John from the Orthodox New Testament canon, and New Testament Apocrypha and the Armenian version of the Bible. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The canon of scripture in the Orthodox Church / Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou
- The prayer of Manasses : Orthodox tradition and modern studies in dialogue / Daniel Alberto Ayuch
- Testament of Solomon and other pseudepigraphical material in Aḥkām Sulaymān (Judgment of Solomon) / Slavomír Céplö (bulbul)
- The book of Wisdom of Solomon in the Armenian church literature and liturgy / Anushavan Tanielian
- Visul Maicii Domnului ("The dream of the mother of the Lord") : New Testament Romanian amulet text / Nicolae Roddy
- Banned from the lectionary : excluding the Apocalypse of John from the Orthodox New Testament canon / Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou
- New Testament apocrypha and the Armenian version of the Bible / Vahan S. Hovhanessian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-109) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1433110350
- 9781433110351
- 9781453905296
- 1453905294
- OCLC:
- 759395987
- Publisher Number:
- 99955325291
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