Canonization and Decanonization
Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997.
Edited by A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn with an Annotated Bibliography compiled by J.A.M.Snoek
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Biographical note
Arie van der Kooij, Ph.D. (1978), Utrecht, is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Leiden University. He has published in particular on the ancient versions of the Old Testament including The Oracle of Tyre. The Septuagint of Isaiah XXIII as Version and Vision (Brill, 1998).
Karel van der Toorn, Ph.D. (1985), Amsterdam, is Professor of Ancient Religions at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion including Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel: Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life (Brill,1996).
Karel van der Toorn, Ph.D. (1985), Amsterdam, is Professor of Ancient Religions at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion including Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel: Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life (Brill,1996).
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Scholars and students in the field of the history of religions, of Old Testament and of ancient Judaism, of New Testament and early Christianity, of Islam, Buddhism and Zorostrianism, of the sociology of religion, and of hermeneutics.
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