The Canon and Beyond: Collected Essays on the History and Hermeneutics of Biblical and Parabiblical Traditions

by Tobias Nicklas

How did the canon of the New Testament come into being? To what extent can we also speak of a history of the already existing canon? What functions were and are assigned to it in different historical contexts? What is the relationship between canonical writings and extra-canonical writings? What is the relationship between Christian apocrypha and the texts of the Bible from the Old and New Testaments? The number of questions surrounding the canon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161637569
• ISBN13: 9783161637568
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.