Edmon L Gallagher-Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory Canon Language Text-Brill Academic Publishers 2012 by Gallagher, Edmon L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory: Canon, Language, Text Contents Preface

1. Introduction

The Canon of Scripture The Language of Scripture The Text of Scripture

2. The Old Testament Canon in Patristic Biblical Theory

The Date Criterion

Judaism Christianity

The Synagogal Criterion

The Correspondence between Julius Africanus and Origen Origen outside His Correspondence with Africanus

Origen's Canon List Origen on the Wisdom of Solomon The Jews and the Oracles of God Origen and Enoch Conclusion

Jerome

The Ecclesiastical Criterion Conclusion

3. Hebrew Scripture and the Canon of the Old Testament

Julius Africanus Origen

The {Stromata} {Letter to Africanus} Suppression of Scripture Conclusion

Other Evidence for the Hebrew Criterion in Patristic Literature

The Hebrew Alphabet and the Canonical Books The Extent of the Septuagint Translation Jerome, Augustine, and the Hebrew Criterion

Conclusion

4. The Language of Hebrew Scripture and Patristic Biblical Theory

Hebrew: The Holy Language of Judaism

The Languages of Early Judaism Reverence for the Hebrew Language in Early Judaism

Hebrew and Aramaic in Patristic Thought

Conclusion

5. Hebrew Scripture and the Text of the Old Testament

The Text of the Septuagint in Early Judaism

The Text of the Bible in Early Judaism Jewish Sources on Greek Scripture Septuagint versus Hebrew in Early Judaism The Continued Use of Greek Scripture in Judaism

The Biblical Text in Early Christianity

Patristic Textual Theory before Origen Origen's Textual Theory The Textual Theory of the Greek Fathers after Origen The Textual Theory of Jerome and His Opponents

Conclusion

Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources General Index