The New Testament Canon as Hybrid

To explain what I am trying to do in this chapter,1 I would like to propose the following image or metaphorical scenario. Imagine that there is a support group for “often misunderstood people” that meets regularly to discuss important issues, which concern the members. At a particular meeting, the suggested discussion topic is “the oft-misunderstood hybrid identity.” In this meeting we find in attendance a certain Mark-Hajime Kurosawa, an Asian North American teaching Religious Studies at a liberal arts college. There is also a certain Chris Canon (full name: Christian N.T. Canon) present. These two happen to find themselves as dialogue partners in one of the sharing sessions of the meeting. To his surprise, Mark-Hajime finds out that Chris is the famous Christian N.T. (New Testament) Canon revered by Christians throughout history as the normative expression of their faith and identity.