The formation of the Christian Bible
By: by Hans von Campenhausen; translated [from the German] by John Austin Baker.
Publisher: A. and C. Black
Published: 1972
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Bible -- Canon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of Die Entstehung der christlichen Bibel.
Table of contents: title: Jesus and the law in the gospel tradition – Law and scripture in the gentile church of the first century – The crisis of the Old Testament canon in the second century – The pre-history of the New Testament canon – The emergence of the New Testament – Defining the limits of the New Testament canon – The new canon in post-Irenaean theology and in Origen -- Retrospect