TY  - BOOK
AU  - Metzger,Bruce M.
TI  - The canon of the New Testament: its origin, development, and significance 
T2  - Clarendon paperbacks
SN  - 9780198269540
AV  - BS2320 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Clarendon Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - New Testament
KW  - Canon
KW  - Bible. N.T. - Canon
N1  - Paperback reissue of 1987 edition; 2; 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; 2
ER  -