Canon of Scripture
Winner of two 1990 Christianity Today Awards: Readers' Choice (1st place; theology & doctrine) and Critics' Choice (1st place; theology & doctrine).\ A 1989 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner!\ How did the books of the Bible come to be recognized as Holy Scripture?\ Who decided what shape the canon should take?\ What criteria influenced these decisions?\ After nearly nineteen centuries the canon of Scripture still remains an issue of debate. Protestants, Catholics and the Orthodox all...
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F.F. Bruce examines the historical evidence for acceptance of the canon and addresses several central issues: the criteria of canonicity, the idea of a canon within the canon, and canonical criticism.
Preface AbbreviationsPart One: Introduction\ 1. Holy ScripturePart Two: Old Testament\ 2. The Law and the Prophets\ 3. The Greek Old Testament\ 4. The Old Testament Becomes a New Book\ 5. The Christian Canon of the Old Testament: A. In the East\ 6. The Christian Canon of the Old Testament: B. In the Latin West\ 7. Before and After the ReformationPart Three: New Testament\ 8. Writings of the New Era\ 9. Marcion\ 10. Valentinus and His School\ 11. The Catholic Response\ 12. The Muratorian Fragment\ 13. Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Novatian\ 14. Tertullian, Cyprian and Others\ 15. The Alexandrian Fathers\ 16. Eusebius of Caesarea\ 17. Athanasius and After\ 18. The West in the Fourth Century to Jerome\ 19. Augustine to the End of the Middle Ages\ 20. The New Testament Canon in the Age of PrintingPart Four: Conclusion\ 21. Criteria of Canonicity\ 22. A Canon Within the Canon?\ 23. Canon, Criticism and Interpretation Appendix 1: The 'Secret' Gospel of Mark Appendix 2: Primary Sense and Plenary Sense Bibliography Index
