Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon

by Evans, Craig A.; Zacharias, H. Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780567584854
• ISBN10: 0567584852
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

The Library of Second Temple Studies (LSTS) is a premier book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of scholars, teachers in the field of Second Temple studies, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates. All the many and diverse aspects of Second Temple study are represented and promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches.

Author Biography

Craig A. Evans is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada H. Daniel Zacharias is a Lecturer at Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. xiii
List of Contributors	p. xiv
Introducing Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon	p. 1
Oracle Collection and Canon: A Comparison Between Judah and Greece in Persian Times	p. 9
Artifactual and Hermeneutical Use of Scripture in Jewish Tradition	p. 48
Early Christian Manuscripts As Artifacts	p. 66
Physical Features Of Excerpted Torah Texts	p. 82
Papyrus 967 and the Text of Ezekiel: Parablepsis or an Original Text?	p. 105
A Fragmentary Psalter From Karanis and Its Context	p. 117
'He that Dwelleth in the Help of the Hightest': Septuagint Psalm 90 and the Iconographic Program on Byzantine Armbands	p. 137
Public and Private-Second-And Third-Century Gospel Manuscripts	p. 148
A Johannine Reading of Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840	p. 176
How Long and Old is the Codex of Which P. Oxy. 1353 Is a Leaf?	p. 192
Letter Carriers in the Ancient Jewish Epistolary Material	p. 203
'I Was Intending to Visit You, But ...' Clauses Explaining Delayed Visits and their Importance in Papyrus Letters and in	p. 220
Advice to the Bride: Moral Exhortation for Young Wives in Two Ancient Letter Collections	p. 232
Scribal Tendencies in the Apocalypse: Starting the Conversation	p. 248
'A Thousand Books Will Be Saved': Manichaean Writings and Religious Propaganda in the Roman Empire	p. 261
The Danish Hymnbook - Artifact and Text	p. 273
Towards a Sociology of Bible Promise Box Use	p. 280
The Bible As Icon: Myths of the Divine Origins of Scripture	p. 298
Appendix	p. 311
Index	p. 313
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