This volume investigates the ways in which the ancient world produced canons and textual collections, with special attention paid to the social practices embodied by scribes, schools, archives and libraries. The result is a proposal for how the Old Testament grew to status as an accepted document.
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an account of the processes which led to the canonization of the Hebrew Bible.
Philip R. Davies is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield in England. He is the author of numerous influential books and articles on ancient Israelite history and religion.
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