There was no question of its canonicity till the time of Jerome, who termed it a pseudepigraph. |
Since canonicity could be adjudged only by these effects, no translator could reliably instruct readers on why the work under translation could be deemed important. |
What does it mean to canonize a previously marginal playwright whose works we find valuable because, among other things, they call into question the notion of canonicity? |
First, on the score of canonicity, it demonstrates how the work of canon-making is a volatile venture explicitly committed to the business of national culture. |
This author's view, then, for and against the canonicity looks somewhat undecided. |
How they conceived of this source, I shall argue, determined the particular way in which, in their view, canonicity resisted translation. |