Canonization and Decanonization : : Papers Presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) Held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997 / / A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn.

• Superior document: Numen Book Series ; Volume 82
• Author: Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions. International Conference
• VerfasserIn: Kooij, Arie van der, 1945-; Toorn, K. van der,
• TeilnehmendeR: Toorn, K. van der,; Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Numen numerus ; Volume 82.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: "Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR), held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997."
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Abbreviations --; List of Contributors --; Introduction --; (De)Canonization and the History of Religions --; Canonization in Oral and Literate Cultures --; The Canonization of Ancient Books Kept in the Temple of Jerusalem /; The ‘Writings’: A Hellenistic Literary Canon in the Hebrew Bible /; Quotation Formulae and Canon in Qumran /; Septuagint Proverbs — and Canonization /; The Rabbinic Canon and the old Testament of the Early Church: A Social-Historical View --; The new Testament Canon as the Embodiment of Evolving Christian Attitudes Towards the Jews /; The Second-Third Century Canonization of the Hebrew Bible and its Influence on Christian Canonizing /; Canon and the Samaritans /; The Song of Songs as a Microcosm of the Canonization and Decanonization Process /; The Muslim Canon from Late Antiquity to the Era of Modernism /; Buddhist Hermeneutics in Medieval Japan Canonical Texts, Scholastic Tradition, and Sectarian Polemics /; Apocryphal Texts in Chinese Buddhism T'ien-T'ai Chih-I's Use of Apocryphal Scriptures /; The Invention of a Canon: The Case of Zoroastrianism /; Canon Formation in new Religious Movements the Case of the Japanese New Religions /; (De)Canonization and Modern Society --; Canons, Catalogues and Classics /; Canonicity and the Problem of the Golden MeAN --; Being Convinced: On the Foundations of the Christian Canon --; The Canon as a Straitjacket /; Tradition, (de)Canonization, and the Challenge of Plurality /; Bemerkungen zur Koagulation von ‘Stories’ und zum Phänomen der Kanonisierung /; The Canon: Authority and Fascination /; Texts, Canon, and Revelation in Paul Ricoeur's Hermeneutics /; Canon and Social Control /; La Totémisation de la Société Remarques sur les Montages Canoniques et la Question du Sujet /; Canonization and Decanonization: An Annotated Bibliography /; Index of Modern Authors --; Selected Index of Ancient Sources /; Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-506) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004379061
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn.

This volume contains the papers read at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization of 9-10 January 1997. The emphasis in this rich and wide-ranging contribution to the subject is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions and on the phenomenon of religious canons as well. It has two sections: (De)canonization and the History of Religions, and (De)canonization and Modern Society. In the first section processes out of which canons eventually emerge are highlighted in contributions devoted to particular religions, viz. African religions, Judaism and Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. The articles of the second section are of particular relevance to the contemporary situation in the western world, dealing with aspects such as forms of the survival of a canon in processes of modernization, canonization and the challenge of plurality, and canonization and hermeneutics. The reader may benefit even more from this volume as it contains also An Annotated Bibliography on the subject.