The New Testament : its authority and canonicity / / by Lee Martin McDonald

• Autore: McDonald Lee Martin <1942->
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, , 2020; London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 pages)
• Disciplina: 220.1/2
• Soggetto topico: Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Part 3: THE FORMATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON ; Chapter 14: FROM STORY TO SCRIPTURE : THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS AS SCRIPTURE ; I -- When and Where the New Testament Began ; II -- From Oral Tradition to Written Documents. ; III -- The Canonical Gospels: Their Use and Authority in the Early Churches Chapter 15: NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS AS SCRIPTURE ; I -- Paul's Letters ; II -- New Testament Writings Functioning as Scripture ; III -- Scripture-Like References to New Testament Writings. ; IV -- After the Second Century, What Then? V -- Conclusion ; Chapter 16: FROM SCRIPTURE TO CANON: TRACING THE ORIGINS ; I -- Justin and the Roots of Christian Scripture ; II -- Irenaeus and the Principle of Scripture ; III -- Clement of Alexandria and a Broad Scripture Collection. ; IV -- Tertullian and Levels of Scriptural Authority V -- Origen and the Use of Written Traditions ; VI -- Eusebius and the Emergence of a Fixed Biblical Canon ; VII -- The Burning of Sacred Books ; VIII -- Constantine and the Call to Uniformity ; IX -- Production of Fifty Sacred Books ; X -- Summary. ; Chapter 17: AUTHORITIES IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY: TRADITION, SCRIPTURE, AND THE SPIRIT I -- Authorities in Early Christianity ; II -- Creeds, Ecclesiastical Tradition, and Biblical Canons ; III -- A Mixture of Authority ; IV -- Early Christianity, the Holy Spirit, and Scripture.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Lee 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 -- in sum more than double the length of his previous works -- McDonald presents his most in-depth overview to date. McDonald shows students and researchers how the list of texts that constitute 'the bible' was once far more fluid than it is today and guides readers through the minefield of different texts, different versions, and the different lists of texts considered 'canonical' that abounded in antiquity. Questions 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. In the first volume 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 indidvidual text is discussed, as are the cultural, political and historical situations surrounding them. This 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. Also included are comprehensive appendices which show various canon lists for both Old and New Testaments and for the bible as a whole."--
• Titolo autorizzato: The New Testament
• ISBN: 0-567-66887-8; 0-567-66885-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157805703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Formation of the Christian biblical canon ; ; volume II