In a message dated 03/26/2000 11:11:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< What about Jewish Bibles (the OT)? When Augustine refers to "the books of
the
Jews," I get a sense that he has a discrete set of books in mind.
>>
That is the whole point, though not very clear. A set of books sitting on a
shelf much like the six or so volumes of _Readings in Western Civilization_
versus one bound volume. IOW when did the Bible become a singular object, as
a opposed to a theoretical concept? I'm with his suppleness in seeing it as
a rather recent development.
mark
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