| Contents |
The penumbra of the canon : what do the deuterocanonical books represent? (Collins) -- Beyond the canon : the recovery of the pseudepigrapha (Collins) -- Nonbiblical literature in the Dead Sea scrolls (Collins) -- Recognizing Jewish religious texts as Scripture (McDonald) -- Forming Jewish Scriptures as a biblical canon (McDonald) -- Recognizing Christian religious texts as Scripture (McDonald) -- Forming Christian scriptures as a biblical canon (McDonald) -- The Christian apocrypha (Evans) -- The gospels of Peter and Thomas (Evans) |
| Abstract |
Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures examines the writings included in and excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture and explores the social settings in which some of this literature was viewed as authoritative and some was viewed either as uninspired or as heretical. John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans, and Lee Martin McDonald examine how those noncanonical writings demonstrate the historical, literary, and religious aspects of the culture that gave rise to the writings. They also show how literature excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture remains valuable today for understanding the questions and conflicts that early Jewish and Christian faith communities faced. Through this discussion, contemporary readers acquire a broader understanding of biblical Scripture and of Jewish and Christian faith inspired by Scripture. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Collins, John J., Ancient Jewish and Christian scriptures First edition. Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2020. 9781611649826 |
| LCCN | 2020016925 |
| ISBN | 9780664265977 |
| ISBN | 0664265979 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
