This volume of essays addresses from a variety of vantage points the relation of scriptures and community that has been so central to the canonical critical work of James A. Sanders. The first part of the volume focuses on the formation of the Jewish and Christian canons and texts in them, while the second part looks at ancient and modern appropriations of canonical texts. Together these essays show the multiple potential links between canonical criticism and historical, literary, feminist and other approaches in contemporary biblical studies.
| Foreword | 7 | |
| Abbreviations | 9 | |
| List of Contributors | 12 | |
| Introduction | 13 | |
| Pt. I | The Creation of the Jewish and Christian Cannons and Texts in Them | |
| Canonization in the Context of Community: An Outline of the Formation of the Tanakh and the Christian Bible | 22 | |
| Of Psalms and Psalters: James Sanders's Investigation of the Psalms Scrolls | 65 | |
| Biblical Math As Heilsgeschichte? | 84 | |
| Jesse's New Shoot in Isaiah 11: A Josianic Reading of the Prophet Isaiah | 103 | |
| Ezekiel's Dance of the Sword and Prophetic Theonomy | 119 | |
| Jonah in Luke: The Hebrew Bible Background to the Interpretation of the 'Sign of Jonah' Pericope in Luke 11.29-32 | 133 | |
| Pt. II | Ancient and Modern Transmission, Translation and Appropriation of the Canon | |
| Adaptable for Translation: Deuteronomy 6.5 in the Synoptic Gospels and Beyond | 166 | |
| The Authority and Intelligibility of Torah: Reflections on a Talmudic Story | 184 | |
| L'appropriation juive et chretienne du Psautier | 206 | |
| Exegesis as Banquet: Reading Jeremiah with the Rabbis | 219 | |
| Canonicity and Bibles Today | 231 | |
| Canon and the Community of Women: A Feminist Response to Canonical Criticism | 237 | |
| Stained Glass Window, Kaleidoscope or Catalyst: The Implications of Difference in Readings of the Hagar and Sarah Stories | 253 | |
| Bibliography of James A. Sanders | 274 | |
| Index of References | 286 | |
| Index of Authors | 297 |
Overview
This volume of essays addresses from a variety of vantage points the relation of scriptures and community that has been so central to the canonical critical work of James A. Sanders. The first part of the volume focuses on the formation of the Jewish and Christian canons and texts in them, while the second part looks at ancient and modern appropriations of canonical texts. Together these essays show the multiple potential links between canonical criticism and historical, literary, feminist and other approaches in...