The biblical canon : its origin, transmission, and authority / Lee Martin McDonald.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2007.Edition: [Updated & rev. 3rd ed.]Description: xli, 546 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1565639251 (pbk.)
  • 9781565639256
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.12 22 M145b
LOC classification:
  • BS 465 .M38 2006
Other classification:
  • 11.30
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Scripture and canon. Introduction -- The notion and use of scripture -- The notion and use of canon -- pt. 2. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament canon. Origins of the Hebrew Bible -- Early Jewish scriptures -- Stabilization of the Hebrew Bible -- Stabilization of the Hebrew Bible -- Rabbinic tradition (90-550 C.E.) -- The scriptures of Jesus and early Christianity -- Excursus: The use of the Septuagint in the New Testament / R. Timothy McLay -- pt. 3. New Testament canon. From story to scripture: emergence of the New Testament writings as scripture -- From scripture to canon: tracing the origins of the New Testament canon -- Influence of "heretics" -- Books, texts, and translations -- Collections and citations of Christian scriptures -- The criteria question -- Final reflections -- Appendix A. An outline of canon research: primary sources and questions -- Appendix B. Lists and catalogues of Old Testament collections -- Appendix C. Lists and catalogues of New Testament collections -- Appendix D. New Testament citations of and allusions to apocryphal and pseudepigraphal writings -- Appendix E. Brevard Childs's canonical approach.
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Rev. ed. of: Formation of the Christian biblical canon. c1988.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Scripture and canon. Introduction -- The notion and use of scripture -- The notion and use of canon -- pt. 2. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament canon. Origins of the Hebrew Bible -- Early Jewish scriptures -- Stabilization of the Hebrew Bible -- Stabilization of the Hebrew Bible -- Rabbinic tradition (90-550 C.E.) -- The scriptures of Jesus and early Christianity -- Excursus: The use of the Septuagint in the New Testament / R. Timothy McLay -- pt. 3. New Testament canon. From story to scripture: emergence of the New Testament writings as scripture -- From scripture to canon: tracing the origins of the New Testament canon -- Influence of "heretics" -- Books, texts, and translations -- Collections and citations of Christian scriptures -- The criteria question -- Final reflections -- Appendix A. An outline of canon research: primary sources and questions -- Appendix B. Lists and catalogues of Old Testament collections -- Appendix C. Lists and catalogues of New Testament collections -- Appendix D. New Testament citations of and allusions to apocryphal and pseudepigraphal writings -- Appendix E. Brevard Childs's canonical approach.

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