The origins of the Bible
Subtitle: rethinking canon history
By: John W. Miller.
Series: Theological inquiries
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Bible -- Canonical criticism.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-243) and index.