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Canonicity and Delimitation
The process by which a collection of writings achieves canonicity is rarely singular or immediate. Canonicity often reflects the political ascendancy of a particular sect, the perceived alignment of the text with core axiomatic structures, or administrative decisions regarding limited material resources, such as the availability of high-quality vellum [5].
The stabilization of a corpus allows for the devel…