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Toward A Canon-Conscious Reading of the Bible: Exploring the History and Hermeneutics of the Canon

Toward A Canon-Conscious Reading of the Bible: Exploring the History and Hermeneutics of the Canon

Title:   Toward a Canon-Conscious Reading of the Bible: Exploring the History and Hermeneutics of the Canon Author: Ched Spellman Publi...
Bible Reading in the Age of the Internet

Bible Reading in the Age of the Internet

After you ask, “How did the Bible come to be?” you can then pose the question, “How did the Bible come to us?” How did the letter to the Phi...
One Holy Book: A Primer on How the Bible Came to Be & Why It Matters

One Holy Book: A Primer on How the Bible Came to Be & Why It Matters

About the Book Title:   One Holy Book: How the Bible Came To Be & Why It Matters Series: Primers in Biblical and Theological Studies A...
How the Bible Came to Be (pt 9)

How the Bible Came to Be (pt 9)

The Result: One Holy Book  The result of this gradual process is the final form of the canonical text, or the Bible as we now have it. T...

How the Bible Came to Be (pt 8)

Retrospective Criteria for Recognition  In our final section, we can consider some of the factors that the earliest churches used as they ...
How the Bible Came to Be (pt 7)

How the Bible Came to Be (pt 7)

External Evidence for Closure In addition to this internal evidence , there are several lines of external evidence for the closure of the ...
How the Bible Came to Be (pt 6)

How the Bible Came to Be (pt 6)

Internal Evidence for the Closure of the NT Does the New Testament contain any clues to its own shape?  How did the biblical authors perce...
How the Bible Came to Be (pt 5)

How the Bible Came to Be (pt 5)

“Closing” the Canon: Discerning the Canonical Boundaries  We are now in a position to investigate the “closing” of the canon. Here we ask,...
How the Bible Came to Be (pt 4)

How the Bible Came to Be (pt 4)

The Process of Canon Formation  Now that we have explored the catalysts for canon formation, we can outline the actual process. The Hebrew ...
How the Bible Came to Be (pt 3)

How the Bible Came to Be (pt 3)

Catalysts for Canon Formation  After demonstrating that the biblical canon came to be, we are in a better position to ask further, why did ...

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