Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-179) and index.
""Contents""; ""Introduction: Canonical Text and Text-Centered Community""; ""1. Canon and Meaning""; ""The Uses of Canon""; ""The Sealed Canon""; ""Authority and Sealing""; ""The Meaning of the Canonical Text""; ""Canon and the Principle of Charity""; ""Textual Closure and Hermeneutical Openness""; ""Uncharitable Readings of Canons""; ""2. Authority, Controversy, and Tradition""; ""Authorial Intention and Authoritative Meaning""; ""Canon and Controversy""; ""Three Views on Controversy and Tradition""; ""From a Flexible Canon to a Closed Code""; ""The Institution and the Canon""
""3. Canon and Curriculum""""Formative Text""; ""The Concept of Torah in “Talmud Torah�""; ""The Challengers of Talmudism""; ""Codification and Decanonization""; ""Esotericism and Censorship""; ""Kabbalists and the Talmudic Curriculum""; ""Strong Canonicity and Shared Discourse""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix: The Sovereign and the Canon""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
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People of the Book offers an introduction to Jewish hermeneutics, and conveys the importance of the tradition to both general and academic readers.
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People of the book.
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Bible., Old Testament-- Canon.
Bible., Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.