Canon and canonicity : the formation and use of scripture / edited by Einar Thomassen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomassen, Einar, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Canon.

Bible.

Canon (Literature)--History.

Canon (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, Denmark : Museum Tusculanum Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authority of the Bible is one of the defining features of Christianity. However, the origins of the biblical canon, both as an idea and as a composition, still pose many unresolved questions. The nature of the Bible's authority, including the many ways in which that authority has been tapped throughout history, is important and is continually investigated. The essays in this book discuss such crucial issues as the history of the formation of the biblical canon, examples of the canonization of books in antiquity outside Christianity, and the nature and function of canonical texts in general. Furthermore, several essays deal with the numerous ways in which biblical canonicity has been construed and utilized in more recent European history. The contributors are specialists in religious studies, ancient history, classical philology, church history, and literary theory, and the fresh perspectives offered in these essays should be of great interest to students, scholars, and general read

Contents:

""Front cover""; ""Title page ""; ""Colophone ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Einar Thomassen: Some Notes on the Development of Christian Ideas about a Canon""; ""The concept of 'canon'""; ""The canonical process in ancient Christianity: the proto-canonical phase""; ""The canonization phase""; ""Canon as tradition""; ""Canon as revealed text""; ""Conclusions""; ""Dimitris J. Kyrtatas: Historical Aspects of the Formation of the New Testament Canon""; ""George Aichele: Canon, Ideology, and the Emergence of an Imperial Church""; ""1. The concept of canon""; ""2. Canon and technology""

""3. Canon and ideology""""4. From canon to classic""; ""Hugo Lundhaug: Canon and Interpretation: A Cognitive Perspective""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Canon and intertextuality""; ""3. A cognitive approach""; ""4. Canon and idealized cognitive models""; ""5. Further control of Biblical interpretation: creeds and rules of faith""; ""6. Canon and interpretive communities""; ""7. Summary and conclusion""; ""Ingvild Sælid Gilhus: Contextualizing the Present, Manipulating the Past: Codex II from Nag Hammadi and the Challenge of Circumventing Canonicity""; ""Introduction""

""Theoretical framework""""The composition of codex II""; ""Contextualizing the present""; ""The hypothesis of Michael Williams""; ""Jesus and the biblical demiurge""; ""Ascetic context""; ""Manipulating the past""; ""Circumventing canonicity?""; ""Implications""; ""Tomas Hägg: Canon Formation in Greek Literary Culture""; ""Polymnia Athanassiadi: Canonizing Platonism: The Fetters of Iamblichus""; ""Iamblichus of Chalcis (ca. 245-ca. 325)""; ""Plato the theologian""; ""The gods and the theologians: the Chaldaean Oracles and the Orphic Hymns""

""Tarald Rasmussen: The Biblical Canon of the Lutheran Reformation""""The Word of God and philology""; ""The Word of God and church authority""; ""The Word of God and the biblical canon""; ""Subjectivity and the simple meaning of the text""; ""A new intertextuality""; ""Lutheran ideology and protestant reality""; ""The Protestant canon between 'sacred text' and 'cultural text'""; ""Lisbeth Mikaelsson: Verification of the Word of God in Missionary Autobiography""; ""Introduction""; ""The autobiographical witness""; ""The Word of God""; ""Norwegian mission""; ""The mission myth""

""A box myth and biblical mimesis""""Divine communication with individuals""; ""Conclusion""; ""Karstein Hopland: 'Word of God' as World Construction: The Religious and Philosophical Fundamentalism of Ole Hallesby, Norway 1910-1950""; ""Jostein Børtnes: Canon Formation and Canon Interpretation""; ""Symphonic and diaphonic discourse""; ""The formation of the Christian canon""; ""Canon as a secondary modelling system""; ""Canon closure and canon interpretation""; ""Biblical meaning construction""; ""In God's image and likeness: the construction of a Christian anthropology""

""Interpretations of godlikeness in patristic anthropology""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

87-635-3430-4

OCLC:

932310778