{"product_id":"the-formation-of-the-biblical-canon-volume-1-by-reverend-doctor-lee-martin-mcdonald-9780567717207","title":"The Formation of the Biblical Canon: Volume 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee Martin McDonald provides a magisterial overview of the development of the biblical canon—the emergence of the list of individual texts that constitutes the Christian bible. In these two volumes—more than double the length of his previous works—McDonald presents his most in-depth overview to date. He shows students and researchers how the list of texts that constitute the bible was once far more fluid than it is today. McDonald guides readers through the minefield of different texts, different versions, and the different lists of texts considered 'canonical' that abounded in antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions of the origin and transmission of texts are introduced as well as consideration of innovations in the presentation of texts, collections of documents, archaeological finds, and Church councils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this first volume of \u003cem\u003eThe Formation of the Biblical Canon\u003c\/em\u003e, McDonald reexamines issues of canon formation once considered settled and sets the range of texts that make up the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) in their broader context. Each individual text is discussed, as are the cultural, political, and historical situations surrounding them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second volume considers the New Testament and the range of so-called 'apocryphal' gospels that were written in early centuries and used by many Christian groups before the canon was closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included are comprehensive appendices which show various canon lists for both Old and New Testaments and for the bible as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010624860396,"sku":"9780567717207","price":76.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780567717207-the-formation-of-the-biblical-canon-volume-1.jpg?v=1785154696","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-formation-of-the-biblical-canon-volume-1-by-reverend-doctor-lee-martin-mcdonald-9780567717207","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}