The Formation of the Christian biblical canon /
Lee M. McDonald.
- rev. & expanded ed.
- Peabody, Mass : Hendrickson Pub, [c1995]
- xxxvi, 340 p.; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Ch. 1. The Bible as Canon-- Ch. 2. Scripture and Canon -- Ch. 3. The Emergence of a Three-Part Canon -- Ch. 4. The Origins of the Hebrew Biblical Canon -- Jewish Collections of Scripture -- Ch. 5. The Biblical Canon of Jesus and Early Christianity -- Ch. 6. The Emergence of Christian Writings as Scripture -- Ch. 7. Factors Limiting the Scope of the New Testament Canon -- Ch. 8. Ancient Collections of Christian Scriptures -- Ch. 9. The Criteria for the New Testament Canon -- Another Look -- Ch. 10. Final Reflections -- Appendix II: Writings of Rabbinic Judaism -- Appendix III: The Apocrypha and Pseudopigrapha and the Problem of Pseudonymity -- Appendix IV: The Agrapha (Noncanonical Sayings of Jesus) -- Appendix V: The Bible as Canon -- Brevard Childs' Canonical Approach -- Appendix VI: An Outline of Canon Research -- Primary Sources and Questions.