Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology - From the Fathers to Feminism - Bok av William J. ( Abraham - Häftad

Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology provides an original and important narrative on the significance of canon in the Christian tradition. Abraham shows that the move to treat canon as a criterion of truth has had unsuspecting consequences for the history of theology and philosophy, from the Fathers to modern feminist theology.

One Scripture or Many? - Canon from Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Perspectives - Bok - Inbunden

Proposes an understanding of canon that reaches beyond the text to the reality of tradition. This approach to biblical theology takes up major questions concerning the unity of the canon. The interdisciplinary approach in this book draws on scholarship in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, philosophy, and theology.

The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity - Texts and Analysis - Bok av Edmon L. (Associate Professor of Christian Scripture Gallagher - Inbund

A volume of texts and translations of canon-lists in early Christianity, specifically from the first four centuries CE on the grounds that this is the most formative period in the development of the early Christian canon.

The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon

The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon examines how opera has become the concrete edifice it was never meant to be, by looking at how it evolved from a market entirely driven by novelty to one of the most arthritically canonic art forms still in existence.

Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology - From the Fathers to Feminism - Bok av William J. ( Abraham - Inbunden

This book provides an original and important narrative on the significance of canon in the Christian tradition. Abraham shows that the move to treat canon as a criterion of truth has had unsuspecting consequences for the history of theology and philosophy, from the Fathers to modern feminist theology.

Holy Scripture - Canon, Authority, Criticism - Bok av James Barr - Häftad

The Sprunt Lectures delivered at Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, February 1982. The men of the Bible did not themselves have a Bible to be their supreme guide and authority. This book discusses the way in which the canon of scripture was formed and the effects that it has.

Tradition in Transition - Women Writers, Marginal Texts, and the Eighteenth-Century Canon - Bok - Inbunden

Written in honour of Professor Roger Lonsdale, the 18 contributions to this text focus on the three main areas of scholarship: women writers; marginalized authors and texts; and the shape of the 18th-century canon.

Canon Law and Episcopal Authority - The Canons of Antioch and Serdica - Bok av Christopher W. B. (Head of Southlands College and Director of the Susan

This book begins with a close study of the canons of Antioch and proposes a new chronology for their composition. It then works from that conclusion to demonstrate the significance of canon law as a resource for understanding the early Church. Finally, it explores the nature and status of canon law in its early developmental period.

The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume I - The Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction from 597 to the 1640s - Bok av R. H. ( Helmholz - I

This is one of the first volumes to appear in a landmark new series, The Oxford History of the Laws of England. It traces the history of the reception and role of the canon law in England between 597 and 1649, examining both the establishment of ecclesiastical courts and the heads of jurisdiction within them. Legal practice is viewed against the background of the formal canon law.

Homer in the Twentieth Century - Between World Literature and the Western Canon - Bok - Inbunden

A collection of essays exploring the crucial place of Homer in the cultural landscape of the twentieth century. It contributes to current debates about the nature of the Western literary canon, the evolving notion of world literature, the relationship between orality and the written word, and the dialogue between texts across time and space.

Homer in the Twentieth Century - Between World Literature and the Western Canon - Bok - Häftad

A collection of essays exploring the crucial place of Homer in the cultural landscape of the twentieth century. It contributes to current debates about the nature of the Western literary canon, the evolving notion of world literature, the relationship between orality and the written word, and the dialogue between texts across time and space.

Canon Law in the Anglican Communion - A Worldwide Perspective - Bok av Norman (Senior Lecturer Doe - Inbunden

This book is a comparative study of the Constitutions, Canons, and other forms of law of the Churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Doe's analysis draws out the similarities and differences between them and proposes that global principles of Anglican canon law apply to all Churches in the Communion.

The Uses of the Canon - Elizabethan Literature and Contemporary Theory - Bok av Howard (Professor of English Felperin - Häftad

This treatise explores the connection between new historicism and Renaissance literature and explores its significance for English studies as a whole. It details fresh readings of a number of classic texts, as well as an understanding of the complex functions of the canon itself.

Determining the Shakespeare Canon - Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint - Bok av MacDonald P. (Emeritus Professor of English Jackson - Inbunden

Determining the Shakspeare Canon makes the case for adding Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint to editions of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Five chapters address problems of attribution by describing the converging results of different approaches and dismissing opposing arguments.

The Emergence of the Lyric Canon - Bok av Theodora A. (WIRL Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND Fellow Hadjimichael - Inbunden

The Hellenistic period was an era of literary canons, of privileged texts and collections. This volume examines the genesis of the Lyric Canon, and explores the process of canonization of lyric poetry and the textual transmission and preservation of lyric poems from the archaic period through to the Hellenistic era.

Poetry and Revolution - An Anthology of British and Irish Verse 1625-1660 - Bok - Inbunden

This is a re-examination of the canon of mid-17th-century verse. It discards previous conceptions of the period and advances a pluralistic canon which challenges the exclusive focus on England by including marginalized texts by women and Irish, Scots, Scots Gaelic and Welsh verse.

The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings - A Reader - Bok av Bart D. (Professor and Chair of Religious Studies Ehrman - Häftad

This second edition includes virtually every piece produced during the first 100 years of Christian history. Ehrman shows how the canon of the New Testament was formulated and how other texts were excluded from the canon. He also provides brief up-to-date introductions to each of the texts.

Hosanna in excelsis : after Pachelbel's Canon

The Muratorian Fragment and the Development of the Canon - Bok av Geoffrey Mark (Canon Hahneman - Inbunden

The Muratorian Fragment, as traditionally dated, is the earliest known list of books of the New Testament. This book offers a redating of the fragment that recasts the entire history of the development of the Christian Bible.

Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan - Bok av George Bernard Shaw - Häftad

Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan are widely considered to be three of the most important in the canon of modern British theatre

Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law - Bok - Inbunden

This volume contributes to the emergence of a transnational canon of criminal law by critically engaging with formative texts in criminal legal thought since Hobbes.

Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law - Bok av Markus D Dubber - Häftad

This volume contributes to the emergence of a transnational canon of criminal law by critically engaging with formative texts in criminal legal thought since Hobbes.

Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara - Bok av George Bernard Shaw - Häftad

Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara are widely considered to be three of the most important in the canon of modern British theatre.

The Division of the Kingdoms - Shakespeare's Two Versions of `King Lear' - Bok av Gary Taylor - Häftad

Twelve specially-commissioned essays on the most important textual problem in the Shakespeare canon re-examine the early texts of \King Lear\ from a series of interlocking perspectives.

Thomas, Jewel Of Canterbury

Setting text recorded in an early fourteenth-century Cambridge manuscript, this work presents evocative solo passages above sustained notes, and rich multi-layered canon-like passages in the upper voices.