TY - BOOK AU - Davies, Philip R AU - Davies,Philip R TI - Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures SN - 0281051879 U1 - B46.3 PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - SPCK N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. The Dimensions of Canon .........4 Dealing with caonon........4 The origins and meaning of Canon ...............6 The canonizing process ........8 The effects of Canon ..........12 Outline of an approach to Jewish canonizing ..............13 2. Canons in the Ancient word .............15 3. Canon, canoninzing and canonical criticism : Approaches to Jewish canonizing ...........37 Canons of ancient judaism .......37 Canons out of conflict / diversity .............43 4. A sketch of israelite and Judean History .......59 5. Judean scribes, schools, archives, and libraries .............74 6. The mosaic canon ........89 7. The canonizing of prophets ..........107 Canons of David and solomon ..............126 9. Serious entertainment .....142 10. Canons and the dead sea scrolls ...............152 11. Holy books ............169 ER -