Libraries, translations, and 'Canonic' Texts
The Septuagint, Aquila and Ben Sira in the Jewish and Christian traditions
- ISBN: 9789004149939
- Editorial: Brill
- Fecha de la edición: 2006
- Lugar de la edición: Leiden. Países Bajos
- Colección: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
- Encuadernación:
- Medidas: 25 cm
- Nº Pág.: 278
- Idiomas: Inglés
The book deals with the field of decanonization of ancient traditions by the technique of deconstructing their original context; in particular: the process of canonization of the "Greek Torah" in Jewish- Hellenistic and Christian tradition and its decanonization in Rabbinic literature; the use and abuse of the translation(s) of "Aquila" in Patristic and Rabbinic literature and the substitution of "Aquila" by "Onkelos" in Babylonian academies; the decanonization of the book of "Ben Sira" in Rabbinic literature. On the basis of his analysis, the author concludes that, if a canon is the ability of a text to produce and authorize commentary deconstructing its original context by generalization, de-canonization is the inverse way of contextualizing a 'canonical' text by reconstructing the supposed original context.
