__Lee Martin McDonald__ was professor of New Testament studies and president of Acadia Divinity College in Nova Scotia, Canada (now retired). He is also the coauthor of Early Christianity and Its Sacred Literature and The Canon Debate.

__Selected for inclusion in Preaching magazine's "Annual Review of Outstanding Books for Preachers 2006"__ This is the thoroughly updated and expanded third edition of the successful The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon. It represents a fresh attempt to understand some of the many perplexing questions related to the origins and canonicity of the Bible.

This thoroughly updated and expanded third edition of The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon represents a fresh attempt to understand some of the perplexing questions related to the origins and canonicity of the Bible.

McDonald, Lee Martin

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface to the Third Edition

Foreword to the First and Second Editions, by Helmut Koester

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Abbreviations

Part 1: Scripture and Canon

1. Introduction

2. The Notion and Use of Scripture

3. The Notion and Use of Canon

Part 2: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Canon

4. Origins of the Hebrew Bible

5. Early Jewish Scriptures

6. Stabilization of the Hebrew Bible

7. Rabbinic Tradition (90–550 C.E.)

8. The Scriptures of Jesus and Early Christianity

Excursus: The Use of the Septuagint in the New Testament by R. Timothy McLay

Part 3: New Testament Canon

9. From Story to Scripture: Emergence of the New Testament Writings as Scripture

10. From Scripture to Canon: Tracing the Origins of the New Testament Canon

11. Influence of "Heretics"

12. Books, Texts, and Translations

13. Collections and Citations of Christian Scriptures

14. The Criteria Question

15. Final Reflections

Appendix A. An Outline of Canon Research: Primary Sources and Questions

I. The Old Testament Canon

II. The New Testament Canon

III. Conclusions

Appendix B. Lists and Catalogues of Old Testament Collections

Table B-1: Old Testament Lists from the Eastern Churches

Table B-2: Old Testament Lists from the Western Churches

Table B-3: Old Testament Lists from Important Uncial Manuscripts

Table B-4: Current Canons of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Appendix C. Lists and Catalogues of New Testament Collections

Table C-1: Three Early New Testament Lists Based on Eusebius

Table C-2: New Testament Lists from the Fourth Century

Table C-3: New Testament Lists from the Fifth and Sixth Centuries

Table C-4: New Testament Lists from Biblical Manuscripts of the Fourth and Fifth Centuries

Appendix D. New Testament Citations of and Allusions to Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal Writings

Appendix E. Brevard Childs’s Canonical Approach

Select Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Names and Subjects

Index of Ancient Sources

Notes

This is the thoroughly updated and expanded third edition of the successfulThe Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon. It represents a fresh attempt to understand some of the many perplexing questions related to the origins and canonicity of the Bible.

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