Halbertal, Moshe. <br/><br/>
People of the Book :  Canon, Meaning, and Authority. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (199 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- 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. 
<br/><br/> Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674038141 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible.-Old Testament-Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.<br/>Bible.-O.T.-Canon.<br/>Theology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1186 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.1