Customer Reviews for Baker Academic Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective

Recent popular titles have promulgated misleading theses about the canon. What's at stake in the canon debate sparked by recent popular books, and does it really matter? In Exploring the Origins of the Bible, leading international scholars explore the many versions of the Hebrew Bible, complexities and issues concerning Old and New Testament writings, the importance of canon to theology, the Septuagint as source for literary analysis, and the emergence of tripartite canon.

Part of the Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology Series.

Contributors:

• Emanuel Tov
• James H. Charlesworth
• Stephen G. Dempster
• R. Glenn Wooden
• Craig A. Evans
• Stanley E. Porter
• Lee Martin McDonald
• Jonathan R. Wilson