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The Influence And Canon Process Of The Hebrew Bible

Posted on:2012-04-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S H ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330332995224Subject:World History
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Religion scripture is the origin of religion belief, that interact each other, as a typical religious nation, the Jewish early history activities embody fully the scripture and faith interaction. When Jewish people under the condition of country perish, spiritual faith became the most effective way to safeguard national unity and characteristics. The Canon of Hebrew Bible divides three sections, Torah, The Prophets, The Writings. Generally speaking, the three parts have Canon in different time. As the measures to deal with national crisis, Torah as the first appearing and through authority approbate has significant influence to the Jewish people. After the Canon, Torah became the core of Jewish Worldview, provided system standard for the Jewish religious beliefs and daily life. In another way Torah is programmatic documents of the Bible. The Prophets and Writings are around Torah's purpose to develop. The canon process of the Hebrew Bible was also the process to restore Jewish national history memory. The completion of the Hebrew Bible and the built of comments system have the significant influence to development of the Jewish nation, from then the Jewish people's life under the conduct of the Bible, it is a good way to maintain Jewish national characteristics and avoid the risk of assimilation to continue for the nation.This paper divided mainly into four parts, the first part is the Canon of Torah; the second part is the Canon of The Prophets; the third part is the Canon of The Writings; the forth part is the influence of the Hebrew Bible.
Keywords/Search Tags:Hebrew Bible, Torah, The Prophets, The Writings, Canon
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