"This volume comprises chapters written by more than thirty
scholars who discuss a wide variety of historical and
methodological topics bearing on the development of the canon of
both testaments. Encyclopedic in scope, the book will long remain
indispensable in assessing the evidence as well as many hypotheses
past and present on the origin and formation of the Bible."
--Bruce M. Metzger, Professor of New Testament, Emeritus, Princeton
Theological Seminary"This collection of essays is without doubt the
most comprehensive treatment ever published of canon formation in
Judaism and Christianity. The most strikingly innovative aspect of
the volume is the inclusion of both Testaments. Each is illuminated
by juxtaposition with the other. The treatment of each Testament is
exceptionally thorough. The subject is approached not only through
study of the material that was included, but also through that
which was excluded---the Jewish and Christian Apocrypha and
Pseudepigrapha. This exemplary historical overview should be a
prerequisite for all future discussion of the canon in biblical
theology."
--John J. Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament, Yale
University
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