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Title: Highly speculative...
Review: Vasholz's inability to differentiate between fact and speculation skews the information presented in his book so much that this book is a disappointment to the scholarly world. Building off of unsupported initial assumptions, Vasholz's conclusions disintegrate under any serious scholarly evaluation. For instance, Vasholz claims to have proven that the Biblical authors were conscious of the idea of canonicity from the onset of writing the Hebrew Bible. However, this idea is poorly supported by four arguments that have connections to canonicity, but in no way prove canonicity. This book should not be used as a historical reference, and should instead be regarded as a conservative's attempt at unsubstantiated speculation.
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