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A biblical canon or canon of scripture is a set of texts (or "books") which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture. The English word "canon" comes from the Greek , meaning "rule" or "measuring stick". Christians became the first to use the term in reference to scripture, but Eugene Ulrich regards the idea as Jewish.

Most of the canons listed below are considered "closed" (i.e., books cannot be added or removed), reflecting a belief that public revelation has ended and thus some person or persons can gather approved inspired texts into a complete and authoritative canon, which scholar Bruce Metzger defines as "an authoritative collection of books". In contrast, an "open canon", which permits the addition of books through the process of continuous revelation, Metzger defines as "a collection of authoritative books".

These canons have developed through debate (canonology) and agreement on the part of the religious authorities of their respective faiths and denominations. Believers consider canonical books as inspired by God or as expressive of the authoritative history of the relationship between God and his people. Some books such as the Jewish-Christian gospels, have been excluded from various canons altogether, but many disputed booksconsidered non-canonical or even apocryphal by someare considered to be Biblical apocrypha or Deuterocanonical or fully canonical by others. Differences exist between the Jewish Tanakh and Christian biblical canons, although the Jewish Tanakh did form the basis for the Christian Old Testament, and between the canons of different Christian denominations. The differing criteria and processes of canonization dictate what the various communities regard as inspired scripture. In some cases where varying strata of scriptural inspiration have accumulated, it becomes prudent to discuss texts that only have an elevated status within a particular tradition. This becomes even more complex when considering the open canons of the various Latter Day Saint sectswhich one may view as extensions of Christianity (and thus of Judaism)and the scriptural revelations purportedly given to several leaders over the years within that movement.

1. Where does the English word Canon come from?
2. What have the caonons developed through?
3. How does Bruce Metzger define an Authoritive canon?
4. What does an open cannon permit?
5. How does Metzger define an open canon?
6. Are there differences in the Jewish Tanakh and Christian biblical canons?
7. What is the definition of the greek word canon comes from?
8. Where does it become prudent to discuss texts that only have an elevated status within a particular tradition?
9. Did the Jewish Tanakh for the basis for the Christian Old Testament?
10. What group became the first to use the term?
1. the Greek
2. debate
3. an authoritative collection of books
4. the addition of books
5. a collection of authoritative books
6. yes
7. rule
8. cases where varying strata of scriptural inspiration have accumulated
9. yes
10. Christians