Book in brownish-red boards has minor shelf-wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. Jacket in mylar cover has similar minor wear. The always-intriguing conundrum of canon formation.

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Title: Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures (Library of Ancient Israel)
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr, Louisville, KY
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0664220770
ISBN 13: 9780664220778
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Philip R. Davies investigates the ways that the ancient world produced canons and textual collections, with special attention to the social practices embodied by scribes, schools, archives, and libraries. The result is a constructive proposal for how the Old Testament arose in its many parts and grew to status as an accepted document, even as a religious object. This book is a significant contribution to the understanding of scribal activity and its effect on Israel's texts, and it is sure to be as controversial as it is elucidating.

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Philip R. Davies is Professor in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, England.

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