How did the Old Testament come into being? Our interview is based on Dr. Collin's latest book, Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures: New Developments in Canon Controversy, co-authored with Lee McDonald and Craig A. Evans.
A native of Ireland, Professor John J. Collins was a professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago from 1991 until his arrival at Yale Divinity School in 2000. He has published widely on the subjects of apocalypticism, wisdom, Hellenistic Judaism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is the General Editor of the Anchor Bible Commentary Series.
0:00 Welcome and Introduction
3:25 Who has been a great Bible teacher in your life?
7:55 How your newest book came to be written
8:58 The canon was a selection from many options
9:50 The Dead Sea Scrolls
10:55 "Scripture" had a fuzzy edge
11:50 Three stages of the Bible's evolving: The Torah
17:56 Three stages of the Bible's evolving: The Prophets
22:22 Three stages of the Bible's evolving: The Writings
29:25 Multiple Judaisms influencing the canonization
31:54 The "Council" of Jamnia
34:14 The first consensus on the canon of the Hebrew Bible
37:35 The politics that shaped canonization
40:43 How wide was the latitude?
42:20 The authority and inspiration of the Scriptures
Some of John Collins' 23 books include:
Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures: New Developments in Canon Controversy - https://amzn.to/2TsFzl3
A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Third Edition - https://amzn.to/2Was2ja
What Are Biblical Values?: What the Bible Says on Key Ethical Issues - https://amzn.to/3rt4uSj
Joel, Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (New Collegeville Bible Commentary - https://amzn.to/3zje5h0
Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel (Hermeneia: A Critical & Historical Commentary on the Bible) - https://amzn.to/3zlfC6n
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