Holy Writings, Sacred Text
The Canon of Early Christianity
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Word Count
57,000 words, Guess
Page Count
228 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-10066425778X
- ISBN-139780664257781
- Open LibraryOL7628747M
Description
In this book John Barton examines the complex relationship between the canonical texts of the Old and New Testaments. He pays particular attention to historical questions -- How did the biblical canon develop? How did the church come to accept as authoritative a New Testament containing no more and no less than 27 books? Why did the church place alongside these books the Hebrew Scriptures? In responding to such questions, Barton draws a valuable distinction between the notion of "scripture" and that of "canon". - Back cover.
First Sentence
THE FORMATION OF the Christian Bible is a story with neither beginning nor end.
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