2012-03-052012-03-051998Venter, PM 1998, 'Wat beteken 'kanon' vandag?', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 54, no. 3&4, pp. 505-528.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18361Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFThe notion of canon has become quite complicated. In textual criticism it is no longer possible to identify the canon with only one form of the textual tradition. Canonical texts originate and function in communities of faith. Childs' canonical approach does not accommodate this aspect properly. Sanders' canon criticism invites social scientific criticism like Gottwald's to enable one to understand the canon within a much larger framework. Even traditional studies of the history of the canon have to pay attention to a series of socio-cultural factors. In postmodern society the canon of the Bible works on a multidimensional level, confronting people with the living God who empowers them to live in God's presence.24 pagesPDFAfrikaansFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaBible -- CanonArticle