Making of Canon

Maurice Taraschi mtaraschi at cadets.com
Mon Aug 10 20:55:50 EDT 1998



Joseph A. Weaks wrote:

> List-companions,
> I am wrapping up a Sunday School class where we have surveyed the New
> Testament, with emphasis on literary and historical source issues in
> different NT books. This is off topic, but our last session will be on how
> these books made it, what are some that didn't--basically, canonicity. I
> have not found a resource I am completely please with, though I do like the
> final chapter in Barr's _New Testament Story_.
>
> Do any of you prof-types have a lecture on canon issues you could email me?
> I would especially love early church canon lists. Being a pastor in rural
> West Texas cuts me off from a good library. There a good web resource,
> perhaps? Please send offlist by:
> mailto:fccspear at ren.net .
>
> Thanks for this indulgence,
> Joe

Joe, here are some books to check.  At least one of them should be available to you.

The Text and Canon of the New Testament    Alexander Souter
The Formation of the Christian Bible   Hans von Campenhausen
The Canon of the New Testament     Bruce M. Metzger


The last of these, Metzger's, is arguably the best.  But then again, I am an avid
Metzger enthusiast.

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