Introduction 1. Judaism and Early Christianity 2. Primary Authorities in Early Christianity 3. Other Essential Authorities: Tradition, Creeds, Hymns 4. Major Challenges for the Early Christians: Persecution and Heresy 5. The Church’s Scriptures and Biblical Canons 6. The Biblical Manuscripts and their Texts 7. Additional Ancient Artifacts: The Codex, Nomina Sacra, Translations, Councils 8. Early Christianity and the Apocryphal and Pseudonymous Writings 9. Summary and Conclusion Bibliography Indexes

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The world's leading expert on canon explains how authority functioned in the church before the notion of a fixed bible.

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Lee Martin McDonald is President Emeritus and Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College, Acadia University, Canada. He is also President of the Institute for Biblical Research.

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