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As distinct from the extant studies of ancient canonical texts, which focus either on literary (Greco-Roman) or religious (Judeo-Christian) canons, the present volume aims at bridging between these two fields by proposing the first comparative study of canon.An international team of experts discusses the processes of canon-formation in societies of the ancient world, addressing such issues as canon and the articulation of identity; the hermeneutical attitude toward canonical texts; textual fixity and openness; oral and written canons; methods of transmission, and more. Among the topics discussed are Mesopotamian canons; Zoroastrianism; the Bible; Homer; literary and philosophical canons in ancient Greece and Rome; the New Testament; the Roman law; Rabbinic Judaism and Kabbalistic literature. The future of the so-called Western Canon is one of the most hotly debated issues of the day. There is reason to believe that what is perceived today as a unique crisis, can be put into perspective by students of ancient societies, for the simple reason that the ancient world offers us the historical perspective of civilizations as a whole and allows us to study cultural phenomena in the "longue durie.

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• Full title: Homer, the Bible, and Beyond: Literary and Religious Canons in the Ancient World
• Author: M. Finkelberg, G. G. Stroumsa, Margalit Finkelberg
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 290
• EAN: 9789004126657
• ISBN: 9004126651
• ID: 13312732
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Weight: 612 g
• Dimensions: 248 × 168 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: April 2003

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