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I'm looking to buy a book on the formation of the NT canon, written by a reputable scholar of course. Does anyone have any recommendations? I couldn't find any book dedicated to that topic in the Recommended Books & Reference thread.
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If you are a novice to the subjcet, have a look at The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon by Arthur G. Patzia Why is there a New Testament (or via: amazon.co.uk) by Joseph Kelly The Formation of Christian Biblical Canon: Revised and Expanded Edition (or via: amazon.co.uk) by Lee Martin McDonald The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning (or via: amazon.co.uk) by Harry Y. Gamble Each will have a bibliography that will lead you to further things. More advanced is The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance (or via: amazon.co.uk)by Bruce Metzger The Canon Debate, (or via: amazon.co.uk) ed. by Lee Martin McDonald and James A. Sanders Constantine's Bible: Politics And the Making of the New Testament (or via: amazon.co.uk) by David L. Dungan Hope this helps. Jeffrey |
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I'd especially recommend The Formation of Christian Biblical Canon, from Jeffrey's list.
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Hi guys, thanks for the replies. I'll be sure to check some of those out.
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Metzger's book is excellent. Not a fast read, by any means (at least not for me), but very well done.
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Metzger on the canon is the one that I would read; not for his opinions (which sometimes are curious), but because it contains mainly a large collection of all the raw data from which any opinion must be derived. Read the ancient sources, ignore the comments.
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