REL 1004 Chapter : Canons And History Of Bible
Document Summary
Critical: ask questions of the bible just as we would any other book. Things said need to be based off of historical evidence not personal interpretation. Canon: fixed list of books in the bible which jews and christians regard as sacred and authoritative for their faith and for their practice. Scripture: body of sacred religious literature that is open to change. **difference between the two: cannon is closed scripture or set scripture. Books of the bible should be written in hebrew. Books in the bible are the ones used and reviewed by jews the most. Any book in the bible should be divine revelation. The content of any book in the cannon had to accord with proper jewish faith and practice: catholic cannon: Set by bishops and theologians in church councils ca. Based on septuagint (ancient greek version of old testament) 39 books of hebrew bible + 7 deuterocanonical (means 2nd cannon)
