TY - BOOK AU - Mc Donald,Lee M. TI - The Formation of the Christian biblical canon AV - BS 465 .M33 1995 PY - 1995///] CY - Peabody, Mass PB - Hendrickson Pub KW - Bible KW - Canon N1 - 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 ER -