num_pages: 250
description: This study shows how and why the Christian Bible was fashioned during two epochs of crisis and reform: the first during the fifth to second centuries B.C.E. when the Hebrew scriptures were assembled; the second during the first and second centuries C.E. when these same scriptures were defended, supplemented, and reborn as the Bible of the church.
language: English
title: The Origins of the Bible: Rethinking Canon History
titlecomplete: The Origins of the Bible: Rethinking Canon History (Theological Inquiries)
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Paulist Pr