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In this important work, Child’s thesis is that a canonical approach to the scriptures of the Old Testament opens up new possibilities for exploring the theological dimensions of the biblical text. Rather than seeking the sources, redactors, or communities “behind” the text at the expense of the text itself, the canonical approach seeks to understand the theological message of the Old Testament as...

Christianity’s cutting off the old process in order to contrast it with its own new tradition (Gese), both Jews and Christians agree that the canonical process of the Hebrew scriptures, or Old Testament, came to an end, and a different canonical process began for both faiths in the growth of the rabbinic and evangelical traditions. The decisive point is that the Christian church recognized the integrity of the Old Testament for its own faith within its canon of authoritative scripture. It neither
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