Modern and ancient views of the canon
The emergence of the canon reconsidered
The earliest canonical lists and notices
The Torah in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods
The letter of Aristeas and its early interpreters
The wisdom of Jesus ben Sira and 2 Maccabees
The Dead Sea scrolls and authoritative scriptures
The holy books of the Essenes and Therapeutae
Canon in the Gospels and Pauline letters
The formation of the Jewish canon
Appendix 1: Some modern canons
Appendix 2: Early canonical lists
Appendix 3: Bryennios and Epiphanius lists
Appendix 4: Extra-canonical Jewish writings and the Pauline letters
Appendix 5: Scriptural references in Sirach 44:50.
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The formation of the Jewish canon by Timothy H. Lim. ISBN 9780300164343. Published by Yale University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
