Canon of Scripture

Name: Canon of Scripture
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ISBN: 9780830812585

ISBN-10: 083081258X

ISBN-13: 9780830812585

Edition: Reprint

Authors: F. F. Bruce

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Winner of two 1990 Christianity Today Awards: Readers' Choice (1st place; theology & doctrine) and Critics' Choice (1st place; theology & doctrine).A 1989 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner!How did the books of the Bible come to be recognized as Holy Scripture?Who decided what shape the canon should take?What criteria influenced these decisions?After nearly nineteen centuries the canon of Scripture still remains an issue of debate. Protestants, Catholics and the Orthodox all have slightly differing collections of documents in their Bibles. Martin Luther, one of the early leaders of the Reformation, questioned the inclusion of the book of James in the canon. And many Christians today, while…

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List price: $35.00
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 10/31/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 349
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations



Introduction



Holy Scripture



Old Testament



The Law and the Prophets



The Greek Old Testament



The Old Testament Becomes a New Book



The Christian Canon of the Old Testament: A. In the East



The Christian Canon of the Old Testament: B. In the Latin West



Before and After the Reformation



New Testament



Writings of the New Era



Marcion



Valentinus and His School



The Catholic Response



The Muratorian Fragment



Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Novatian



Tertullian, Cyprian and Others



The Alexandrian Fathers



Eusebius of Caesarea



Athanasius and After



The West in the Fourth Century to Jerome



Augustine to the End of the Middle Ages



The New Testament Canon in the Age of Printing



Conclusion



Criteria of Canonicity



A Canon Within the Canon?



Canon, Criticism and Interpretation



The 'Secret' Gospel of Mark



Primary Sense and Plenary Sense


Bibliography


Index