Canonization and Decanonization

This volume contains the papers presented at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization, held in January 1997. The emphasis is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions, and on the phenomenon of religious canons. The two sections discuss (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, such as African religions, Judaism and Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. The articles in the second section are of particular relevance to the contemporary situation in the Western world. They deal 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.

“' ...engaging and erudite papers... 'Joseph S. O'Leary, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies , 1999.”

'...engaging and erudite papers...'Joseph S. O'Leary, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 1999.

Arie van der Kooij, Ph.D. (1978), Utrecht, is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Leiden University. He has published in particular on the ancient versions of the Old Testament including The Oracle of Tyre. The Septuagint of Isaiah XXIII as Version and Vision (Brill, 1998).Karel van der Toorn, Ph.D. (1985), Amsterdam, is Professor of Ancient Religions at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion including Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel: Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life (Brill,1996).

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.

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