#canonical studies

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Have you heard this joke?

If you talk to three scholars, you'll hear four opinions. 😂

That's what it's like in this subject - trying to find out if there was a Jewish canon in the first century, and what books were in it, and how much of the Jewish diaspora subscribed to that canon, and which groups had more books, and which had less books.... Etc!

P.s. spot the SHINee reference in the photo ^_^

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Odes and John: Bibliography

Odes and John: Bibliography

This post concludes the series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John.

Bibliography

Adams, J.N., Mark Janse, and Simon Swain, Editors. Bilingualism in Ancient Society: Language Contact and the Written Word. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Attridge, Harold W. “Johannine Christianity.” Pages 125-143 in The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1:…

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Odes and John: Conclusions

Odes and John: Conclusions

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John.

This study has sought to recast the relationship between the Odes of Solomonand Gospel of John by calling for the application of contextualized methodological criteria in a comparison of these two texts. Such a methodology was argued to incorporate considerations of literary citation,…

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Odes and John: Ode 3 and the Upper Room Discourses

Odes and John: Ode 3 and the Upper Room Discourses

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John.

In Ode 3, the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John becomes even clearer, as this ode is quite clearly a reflection on theme of the Love of Christ found in John’s Upper Room Discourses.[1] While the first lines of Ode3 are missing, the eleven accessible verses…

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Odes and John: General Connections

Odes and John: General Connections

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John.

Drawing on this reevaluation of methodology for determining literary relationships in early Christian writings, I now trace the relationship between the Odes of Solomon 6, 8, and 3 and Gospel of John. Especially important are the connections between Ode 3 and the Upper Room Discourses…

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Odes and John: Determining Literary Dependence (Part 3)

Odes and John: Determining Literary Dependence (Part 3)

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John.

Next, the implications of memory, especially cultural memory, must be further explored in thinking about early Christian writing and interpretation.[1]When considering instances of potential literary dependence, the chief question raised by consideration of memory is whether or not an…

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Odes and John: Determining Literary Dependence (Part 2)

Odes and John: Determining Literary Dependence (Part 2)

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John.

Developed by Bruce M. Metzger, the second important tool for ascertaining literary connections in ancient literature is that of attribution simplicity. This principle states that when the wording of any possible reference may be explained on the basis of a known source, attribution to…

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Odes and John: Determining Literary Dependence (Part 1)

Odes and John: Determining Literary Dependence (Part 1)

This post is part of an ongoing series examining the relationship between the Odes of Solomon and Gospel of John.

However, the perspective of “common milieu” is not without its problems, for affirmations of this relationship are often founded upon an inexact methodology of determining literary dependence. This approach often precludes the possibility of finding clear connections between pieces of…

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