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Critical Reflections on the Role of the Canon in New Testament Scholarship

Watson, Francis

New Testament studies, 2024-01, Vol.70 (1), p.111-124 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Critical Reflections on the Role of the Canon in New Testament Scholarship
Autor: Watson, Francis
Assuntos: 4th century ; Anthologies ; Females ; New Testament ; Reading
É parte de: New Testament studies, 2024-01, Vol.70 (1), p.111-124
Descrição: The modern discipline of New Testament Studies has subjected the various components of the New Testament to close scrutiny, yet it persistently fails to ask critical questions about the New Testament considered as a whole. In its familiar twenty-seven book form, the New Testament may be seen as a fourth-century anthology of early Christian writings based on earlier collections or sub-collections (the fourfold gospel, the Pauline letter collection), yet innovative in establishing a sharply defined boundary between included and excluded texts. An analysis of contributions to this journal over a recent five-year period demonstrates the pervasive influence of this fourth-century construct in determining the scope and priorities of (so-called) ‘mainstream’ scholarship. Greater attention to the contingencies of canon-formation will enable us to locate the texts that came to form the New Testament within a wider early Christian literary landscape.
Editor: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Idioma: Inglês;Francês;Alemão

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