The Origin of Canonicity Old Testament

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Contents Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii 1. Introduction to the Dissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART I: The Phenomenon of the Canon Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. The Term “Canon” as Applied to the Old Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. Characteristics and Functions of the Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 §1. The Holiness of the Scriptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 §2. The Canon as Exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 §3. The Canon as Normative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 §4. The Canon as the Product of a Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4. Promulgation and Fixation of the Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5. The Tripartition of the Hebrew Scriptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 PART II: Theories of the Old Testament Canon Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 6. The Canon as Inspired Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 7. The Canon as History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 8. The Canon as Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 §1. The Canon as Law in the History of the Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 §2. The Canon as Law in Recent Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 §3. Critique of the Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 9. The Canon as a Cultic Phenomenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 PART III: Canon and Covenant Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 10. The Covenant-Festival Pattern and Canonicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 §1. The Covenant Festival in Ancient Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 §2. Canonical Components of the Covenant Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 §3. Expansion of Canonical Traditions in the Hexateuch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 11. Canon and Covenant in the Prophetic Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 12. The Canonicity of Israel’s Royal Covenant Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 13. The Canonicity of the Writings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 14. Summary and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 iii
AB AnBibl ATD BA BASOR BHTh Bibl BiblOr BJRL BWANT BZAW CBQ ET EThR EVV FRLAMT HAT HThR HThS HUCA IDB JBL JBR JSS JThS LCL NZSystTh OTS RB RevRel RSV SBTh SJTh StTh SVT ThB ThLz ThS ThSt UUÅ VT WMANT WThJ ZAW ZNW ZSTh ZThK Abbreviations The Anchor Bible Analecta Biblica Das Alte Testament Deutsch The Biblical Archaeologist Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Beiträge zur Historisch Theologie Biblica Biblica et Orientalia Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Beiträge zur Wissenschaft zum Alien und Neuen Testament Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenachaft Catholic Biblical Quarterly The Expository Times Études Théologiques et Réligieuses English Versions of the Bible Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments Handbuch zum Alten Testament Harvard Theological Review Harvard Theological Studies Hebrew Union College Annual G. A. Buttrick, ed., The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Journal of Biblical Literature Journal of Bible and Religion Journal of Semitic Studies Journal of Theological Studies The Loeb Classical Library Neu Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie Oudtestamentische Studiën Revue Biblique Review of Religion Revised Standard Version Studies in Biblical Theology Scottish Journal of Theology Studia Theologica Supplements to Vetus Testamentum Theologische Blätter Theologische Literaturzeitung Theological Studies Theologische Studien Uppsala Universitets Årsskrift Vetus Testamentum Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament Westminster Theological Journal Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche v
Page 1: The Origin of Canonicity in the Old
Page 5 and 6: officially recognized to be Holy Sc
Page 7 and 8: canon. These Protestant historians
Page 9 and 10: and Yahweh, this is but the outstan
Page 11 and 12: 1 Bentzen, i, 20. 2 Ix" 6"
Page 13 and 14: canonical books. Smith was able to
Page 15 and 16: The argument that the official clos
Page 17 and 18: König goes so far as to say that
Page 19 and 20: an issue whether Sirach indeed has
Page 21 and 22: “Scripture” to a closed collect
Page 23 and 24: to be their paramount quality; and
Page 25 and 26: In the opinion of A. Jepsen, “thi
Page 27 and 28: ecause the Alexandrian collection h
Page 29 and 30: A. Bentzen believes that the threat
Page 31 and 32: in material which shows how Israeli
Page 33 and 34: Israel, both during and after the p
Page 35 and 36: at the conscious. But here, given t
Page 37 and 38: In accordance with this principle,
Page 39 and 40: 1 Ryle, 22-23. 2 Ibid., 16. 3 Ibid.
Page 41 and 42: a conclusion at a much earlier date
Page 43 and 44: have constituted the formal acknowl
Page 45 and 46: positive in his attitude toward the
Page 47 and 48: 1 But see infra, 49. 2 Buhl, 13-14.
Page 49 and 50: Former Prophets, the whole forming
Page 51 and 52: From the beginning, then, all Scrip
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tripartite division also reflects a
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From the preceding discussion, it i
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3 Eissfeldt, 560. 4 Ibid.; Eissfeld
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and applied the law.” 16 However,
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For Philo, then, the prophet, as th
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has ventured either to add, or to r
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In this last assertion, Östborn ha
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The same might be said for the lega
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Jerusalem, but before the return.
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were appended to the canon as a mea
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1 Östborn, Tor~ in the Old Testame
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Book of the Law of Yahwè their God
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Summarizing the theory that the can
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mentions, and with which from its s
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Beyerlin goes so far as to claim th
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have been positive law binding all
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in the Holiness Code and in Deutero
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There shall be no strange god among
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1 Weiser, The Old Testament, 334; i
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An extensive narrative about Yahweh
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experience. As to contents, he asse
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Writings); this may show that the d
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the connection between cult and can
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1 The derivation of the Hebrew term
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1 Mowinckel, Le Décalogue, 114-162
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Yahweh sanctuary at Shechem. For an
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the recitation and representation o
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and 3) the covenant condition (19:5
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A somewhat different breakdown of D
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It is possible to view the buildup
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dealing with the wanderings in the
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in form, is interpolated as a secon
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Eissfeldt considers the second of t
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1 Supra, ch. 6. 2 Clements, Prophec
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The picture of Moses given by the P
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case of Hosea, A. O. Vannorsdall be
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does not understand” (1:3b). 45 H
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types of salvation pronouncements,
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The covenant between Yahweh and the
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Judah amphictyony. 14 According to
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constituted, in and of themselves,
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“oath” sworn to David in Ps. 13
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use of forms derived from the same
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superimposition of amphictyonic tra
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ecause they were extraordinary, and
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1 See the remarks in ch. 4 supra, e
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speech. But it is also possible tha
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fact that the canonicity of this bo
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have exercised a canonical function
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and equates it with wisdom, such li
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originating in the expansion, espec
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Bibliography A. Books and Commentar
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________. Worship in Israel: A Cult
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Shutt, R. J. H. Studies in Josephus
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Hesse, “Das Alte Testament als Ka
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Woods, F. H. “Old Testament Canon
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Eichhorn, J. G. Einleitung in das A
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________. Leviticus: A Commentary.
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Wright, G. E. God Who Acts: Biblica
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Mendenhall, G. “Covenant.” IDB,
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SUMMARY The Origin of Canonicity in
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Josiah. The canonicity of the Proph
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of the Israelite covenant festival.
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