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Canonization and Decanonization: Papers Presented at the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) Held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997 (Numen Book Series): 82 - Hardcover

 
9789004112469: Canonization and Decanonization: Papers Presented at the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) Held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997 (Numen Book Series): 82
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004112464 ISBN 13: 9789004112469
Publisher: Brill, 1998

Synopsis

This volume contains the papers read at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization of 9-10 January 1997. The emphasis in this rich and wide-ranging contribution to the subject is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions and on the phenomenon of religious canons as well.
It has two sections: (De)canonization and the History of Religions, and (De)canonization and Modern Society. In the first section processes out of which canons eventually emerge are highlighted in contributions devoted to particular religions, viz. African religions, Judaism and Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. The articles of the second section are of particular relevance to the contemporary situation in the western world, dealing with aspects such as forms of the survival of a canon in processes of modernization, canonization and the challenge of plurality, and canonization and hermeneutics. The reader may benefit even more from this volume as it contains also An Annotated Bibliography on the subject.

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About the Author

Arie van der Kooij, Ph.D. (1978), Utrecht, is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Leiden University. He has published in particular on the ancient versions of the Old Testament including The Oracle of Tyre. The Septuagint of Isaiah XXIII as Version and Vision (Brill, 1998).
Karel van der Toorn, Ph.D. (1985), Amsterdam, is Professor of Ancient Religions at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion including Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel: Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life (Brill,1996).

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004112464
ISBN 13 
9789004112469
Binding
Leather Bound
Number of pages
520
Editor
Van Der Toorn, Van Der Kooij A