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005			20240726102055.0
008			090123s2009 kyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a2009001923
020			_a9780664233570
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049			_aSBIM
050	0	4	_aBS1700.M478.F674 2009
100	1		_aMcDonald, Lee Martin, _d1942-, _e1
245	1	0	_aForgotten scriptures : _bthe selection and rejection of early religious writings / _cLee Martin McDonald. _hPR
260			_aLouisville, Kentucky : _bWestminster John Knox Press, _c(c)2009.
300			_axiv, 313 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_a1 (pages 267-288) and indexes.
505	0	0	_tThe problem of adequate language -- _tThe lost scriptures of early Judaism -- _tThe ancient manuscripts : what they tell us -- _tAncient translations of the Jewish scriptures -- _tThe text and stabilization of the Jewish scriptures -- _tThe scriptures of Jesus and the early church -- _tAncient Christian manuscripts and their contents -- _tTexts and translations of scripture.
520	1		_a"The early Christian church had a variety of Scriptures and other source material that informed their faith and shaped their thinking. But after a few centuries the church decided to keep the twenty-seven books of our present New Testament and to treat them as a canonical in faith and practice. But what of the other books?" "Many of them have survived and remain valuable for understanding the diversity of the early Christian church and the astounding claims of faith on which it was founded. Learning about these ancient documents need not threaten the church's current orthodoxy and authority; in fact, learning about these texts can help today's Christians form a deeper understanding of the early church."--Jacket.
530			_a2
630	0	0	_aBible _xCanon.
650		0	_aApocryphal books _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
856	4	1	_zTable of contents _uhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018856349&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell