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On the point of launching a new major project on « the Bible, its traditions, its reception », the Ecole Biblique de Jerusalem decided to redefine the hermeneutic approach: if we are to go on producing translations of increasing quality, they must be 'annotated' anew after lengthy and discerning study. What should be conserved of the accumulated mass of historical data and hypotheses? What will be useful to the 21st century reader? How should we position our proposed translations, annotations and commentaries? One understands why the question of Canon and the authority of the Scriptures was one of the first to be posed."