Toward a Canon-Conscious Reading of the Bible: Exploring the History and Hermeneutics of the Canon

by Ched Spellman

Book Overview

Two distinct questions about the canon of the Bible can be raised: (1) How did the biblical canon come to be?, and (2) What effect does that canon have on its readers? The former is a historical question about the formation of the biblical canon; the latter is a hermeneutical question about the function of the biblical canon. Though these questions have often been pursued in virtual isolation from one another, Spellman argues that there are considerable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910928682
• ISBN13: 9781910928684
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"