Canon includes The Testament of Job

Christian Alexander
Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Which textual canon includes the Testament of Job? How can I use Logos to find this data and then be able to cite it? 

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,804

    Christian Alexander said:

    Which textual canon includes the Testament of Job? How can I use Logos to find this data and then be able to cite it? 

    I don't think its use was sufficiently widespread for it to make it into the Canon Comparison tool. I use The Online Critical Pseudepigrapha when I need up to date information or I search a collection of pseudepigrapha/2nd temple literature. To the best of my knowledge, no canon has included it but it was sufficiently well known to be explicitly excluded from the canon by the Gelasian Decree. For this, I searched my collection of books on canon formation for "Testament of Job." Note Early Jewish Writings: Old Testament, Apocrypha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and More used to be my go to site but since it was bought by academia it has not continued to grow. It is still an excellent source of information. 

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  • Christian Alexander
    Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325380#Comment_1325380

    Thank you. I went to the canon tool in Logos first and did some searching but could not find much more. Thank you again for your help. Your expertise is greatly helpful. 

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