REL 1004 : REL 1004 MIDTERM 1 NOTES
Document Summary
The canons of the bible: formal definition of the canon fixed list of books in the bible which jews and. Christians regard as sacred and authoritative for their faith and practice (for what the believe and how they behave: when we ask about the cannon, we essentially ask about the table of contents . Why this order: distinction between scripture and canon , when we speak of scripture, when are talking about a body of sacred literature which is open to change. Incudes 46 books; 39 books plus 7 different ones: the 7 books that are not mentioned in the hebrew bible are known as the. Deutero-canonical books (=apocrypha: these 46 books are organized into 4 major sections, pentateuch, histories, poetical/wisdom, prophets, and the. Apocrypha: the protestant canon, set mainly by martin luther in the 1500s, protestant old testament is a hybrid. In rel 1004, we follow the jewish canon, i. e. , the hebrew bible.
