Holy Writings, Sacred Text: The Canon in Early ChristianityIn 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? |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page 4
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 7
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 10
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 14
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 18
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Common terms and phrases
allegorical already apostles argued authoritative authority biblical canon Campenhausen chapter Chris Christ Christian Bible Christian books citation cited codex collection corpus critical defile the hands Didache discussion divine early Church Ecclesiastes Eusebius evidence example exegesis fact graphe Harnack Hebrew Bible hermeneutical holy books Holy Scripture idea important interpretation Irenaeus Jewish Jews John Judaism Justin Justin Martyr Kanon Leipoldt and Morenz letters literary literature London Luke Marcion Matthew meaning ment Metzger Mishnah modern Montanist Muratorian Fragment Name nomina sacra Old Testa Old Testament Oral Law oral tradition original patristic Paul Pauline epistles prophets qere question rabbinic reader regarded rejected religious revelation sacred text scholars Scrip scriptural books Scripture scroll second century seen sense simply Song of Songs status Stuhlhofer suggest Sundberg Synoptics teaching Tertullian Testament books Testament texts Tetragrammaton theory tian tion Torah Trobisch words of Jesus writings written text Zahn
Popular passages
Page 203 - A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT DURING THE fIRST FOUR CENTURIES. Fourth Edition. With Preface on "Supernatural Religion.