The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority

I think the academic debate is still in a pretheoretical phase where no clear conceptual foundation has yet emerged -- perhaps one could say that the discourse of canon studies has not yet engendered a public criterion of validity. Perhaps it never will. Nevertheless, for up-to-date coverage of and guidance through a potentially vast field this book serves the reader well.

Nov 14, Scott Dalton rated it liked it. Monumental in scope but unbelievably dry. I respect McDonald as a scholar but as a theologian his claims seem limited in scope and focus.

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He leaves little room for any claims of Normative canonical development per the helpful triperspectivalism of Frame of Poythress. Read only if a serious student of canon and expect a fairly dry and technical reading in which you must come to your own conclusions. May 22, Tovis rated it it was amazing. This was a wonderful book, filled with information.

The information was well organized and goes into great depths. I also love all of the footnotes, I purchased a few books mentioned in those footnotes. The book also has detailed lists in the end of the book that will prove to be useful as reference material in the future. May 02, BHodges rated it really liked it. The book's chief problem is its frequent repetition. It's very comprehensive, but in its comprehensiveness the author repeats himself too often for my taste.

Still, a good overview with very useful appendices.

May 11, Kendall rated it liked it. Read the first half on OT. A tad sloppy on certain exegetical points. Jun 24, Tom rated it it was amazing.

The Biblical Canon : Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority

Simply the best, most comprehensive book on the canon of the Bible. John Betts rated it really liked it Jan 15, Obxhall rated it it was amazing Sep 30, Andrew rated it really liked it Apr 25, Marc Bentley rated it liked it Jan 08, Roderick rated it really liked it Mar 22, In part one, McDonald introduces the basic questions he seeks to raise in this study regarding scripture and canon. A series of six appendices contain a wealth of helpful primary data e. By this locution, he refers to a basic set of questions focused on the larger issue of how the Bible became the Bible that we know.

How was this literature produced and why and how did it become part of an authoritative collection of sacred writings? Why do the lists of books differ among different religious traditions? Moreover, McDonald asks an additional set of questions rarely explicitly articulated in canon studies: What is the appropriate canonical text for current Christian worship and study p. In framing his study in this way, McDonald intends this work as a rigorous academic study of the biblical canon with implications for contemporary Christians. In this sense, writings become scripture before the emergence of any single collection of Scripture.

Moreover, this designation is locally determined. Indeed, throughout this study, McDonald repeatedly observes the wide variance that prevailed in early Christian communities regarding which books for both the Old and New Testaments were regarded as scripture.

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The Formation of the Biblical Canon: This volume is an expanded version of the third edition of the Old Testament portion of the earlier The Formation of the Biblical Canon: It responds to earlier criticisms of the third edition, reinforces many of its earlier arguments for a later formation of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament canon, but also adds considerably on the earlier formation of the Hebrew Scriptures, the oral and memory transmissions of those texts, the relevance of the text critical analysis of those texts, and has a more detailed analysis of the third part of the Hebrew Bible, the Writings Ketuvim , and adds considerably to the lists of ancient canon catalogues that reflect on the actual Scriptures recognized by the communities in which those canon lists were found.

Finally, this volume addresses the question of the role of the Old Testament Scriptures in establishing the identity of Jesus and how those Scriptures were first interpreted in the early church. This volume is an expansion of the earlier The Formation of the Biblical Canon: It reinforces arguments for a later formation of the New Testament canon, namely the 4th and 5th centuries, but acknowledges that the matter was not settled for all Christians until considerably later.

The discussion of the Muratorian Fragment is significantly expanded and responds to and refutes recent arguments for a 2nd century dating of that catalogue. There is a greater focus on the importance of textual criticism and the canonical text of the New Testament Scriptures for the church as well as the relevance of the surviving manuscripts of New Testament writings and their translation. The volume also responds to earlier criticisms of the 3rd edition and reflects on the transmission of the New Testament well into the pandect Bibles of the late medieval period.

Finally, this volume responds to the recent argument that the New Testament writers were consciously aware of writing sacred Scripture when they wrote and dismisses that notion as anachronistic. A collection of articles by thirty-one biblical scholars dealing with a variety of issues, including matters of text and transmission as well as the rabbinic and early church influences on canon formation.

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The breadth of the subjects discussed and the perspectives that generally, though not completely, favor more flexibility in understanding the notion of fixed biblical canons in Antiquity are the strength of this volume. This is one of the most up-to-date collections of relevant articles on the formation of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, that employs some of the best scholars in the field of canon formation.

Articles on the formation of both testaments and related issues, such as the artifacts of materials used in producing ancient manuscripts as well as early church use and recognition of religious texts as sacred scripture. Some of the articles reinforce earlier positions on canon formation and how noncanonical writings were viewed in Antiquity.

This exhaustive volume of pages focuses on Part 1: This volume is not to be ignored. Producing the Text, Part 2: New Modes of Study of the Bible; Part 3: Reception of the Bible Geographically; Part 4: Reception of the Bible Confessionally; and Part 5: Reception and Use of the Bible, — This volume focuses especially on modern receptions and interpretations of the Bible.

An important collection of essays that highlights a number of aspects related to the canonization of the Bible with special attention given to the decanonization of writings that no longer garnered widespread acceptance in religious communities. Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content on this page.

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