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The canon of the New Testament : its origin, development, and significance / Bruce M. Metzger.

By: Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987Copyright date: ©1987Description: x, 326 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198261802
  • 9780198261803
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 225.1/2 19
LOC classification:
  • BS2320 .M47 1987
Other classification:
  • 11.33
  • 6,15
  • BC 6050
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1: Survey of literature on the canon -- Literature on the canon published prior to the Twentieth Century -- Literature on the canon published during the Twentieth Century -- pt. 2: Formation of the canon -- Period of preparation: the Apostolic Fathers -- Influences bearing on the development of the canon -- Development of the canon in the East -- Development of the canon in the West -- Books of temporary and local canonicity: apocryphal literature -- Two early lists of the books of the New Testament -- Attempts at closing the canon in the East -- Attempts at closing the canon in the West -- pt. 3: Historical and theological problems concerning the canon -- Problems confronting the early church concerning the canon -- Questions concerning the canon today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1: Survey of literature on the canon -- Literature on the canon published prior to the Twentieth Century -- Literature on the canon published during the Twentieth Century -- pt. 2: Formation of the canon -- Period of preparation: the Apostolic Fathers -- Influences bearing on the development of the canon -- Development of the canon in the East -- Development of the canon in the West -- Books of temporary and local canonicity: apocryphal literature -- Two early lists of the books of the New Testament -- Attempts at closing the canon in the East -- Attempts at closing the canon in the West -- pt. 3: Historical and theological problems concerning the canon -- Problems confronting the early church concerning the canon -- Questions concerning the canon today.

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