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ERKEN DÖNEM YAHUDİ KAYNAKLARINA GÖRE TANAH’IN KANONİZE EDİLMESİ
The Canonization of Tanach According to the Early Jewish Sources

Author(s): Eldar Hasanoğlu
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Theology and Religion
Published by: Sakarya üniversitesi
Keywords: Tanach; Canonization; Rabbinic Sources; the Synod of Jamnia;

Summary/Abstract: Standardized text of the Tanach, Jewish sacred book, is a result of process. Early Jewish sources contains different information about the content of the Tanach. The issue of the canonic text in Judaism was left out through centuries. By the 19th century, different views were put forward about the date of canonization. Rabbinical discourses indicate that religious, sectarian and nationalist interests were dominantly taken into account in the process of canonization of a book. This article aims: to introduce the issues of standard text of the Tanach in early Jewish sources and rabbinic perception of canon, to give the views about the the Synod of Jamnia and cononization from 19-20th century and submitting a hypothesis about the Synod of Jamnia.

  • Issue Year: 17/2015
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 25-48
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Turkish