The biblical canon
Subtitle: its origin, transmission, and authority
By: Lee Martin McDonald
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 549
Subjects: Bijbel; Bible; Canon
Description: This is the thoroughly updated and expanded third edition of the successful The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon. It represents a fresh attempt to understand some of the many perplexing questions related to the origins and canonicity of the Bible. - Publisher.
Notes: Revised edition of: Formation of the Christian biblical canon. c1995.

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