Isaric Canon
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The Isaric Canon consists of a primary canon and a deuterocanon (or "other canon"). The primary canon is represented by The Holy Bible (AKA The Book of the First or the Isar Bible). The deuterocanon is represented by the Book of the Other. Both the primary canon and the deuterocanon are "closed", that is, no other writings can ever be added to them, nor can any work within the canons be taken out. The laws of Moses and the Gospel message are present in both the Holy Bible and the Book of the Other, but presented in different formats. These two books are both used in Isaric worship. Together, they comprise the Scripture. Isars believe that every single book that is part of the primary canon contains divinely inspired writing. The extent of this inspiration, however, whether it be the whole of a book or just portions of a book, varies. As for the books that make up the deuterocanon, most of them are believed to contain inspiration, although a few, such as the Samaritan Miscellany, are more liturgical, theological, and/or poetic works that are not necessarily inspired, but rather "accepted as true" and worthy of teaching.
Isars consider the holiest writings to be the Torah, the Prophets, the Psalms, and The Gospel.
[edit] Basis for Canonical Variance
While Isarlaism is technically a division of Christianity, Isars make a distinction between "Hebraic" Christianity and "gentile" Christianity. Isars view gentile Christianity as a Greco-Roman, Pauline, non-Israelite halakhāh ("way of walking"). Gentile Christianity is, in effect, the halakhāh that is based upon first-century teachings of Paul and others who did not emphasize Torah observance. They view Messianic Judaism as being a strictly Jewish halakhah that is characterized by Rabbinism and modern Jewish culture. This being so, the traditions of gentile Christendom and Messianic Judaism carry no weight in the realm of Isarlaism, which is a different halakhāh. Gentile Christian canons, then, mean little to Isars, since they were determined by gentile (Pauline) Christians, not by Torah-observant Jews or Israelites. Nevertheless, the Christian New Testament has been accepted by Isars, but its contents appear in a different order and it is called the Book of Testimony, not the New Testament. The Tanakh, however, was accepted in its standard form.
The Isaric Canon is twofold, comprised of a primary canon and deuterocanon. The primary canon contains inspired materials that are established as canonical by mainstream Judaism and Christianity. The deuterocanon contains materials that are either believed to be inspired or that are accepted as true, all of which are teachings (midrash) on or illuminations of the materials that make up the primary canon. The writings included within these two canons comprise Isaric Scripture, or what is formally called "The Holy Scripture".
