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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Clarendon paperbacksPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; 1997.; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1997.Description: x, 326 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198269540
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS2320
  • BS2320.M596.C366 1997
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Contents:
part 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 -- part 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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BS2320.M47 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001536842

Paperback reissue of 1987 edition.

Includes bibliographies and index.

part 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 -- part 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 -- part 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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