The Formation of the Biblical Canon: Volume 1: The Old Testament: Its Authority and Canonicity

by Lee Martin McDonald

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567668762
• ISBN13: 9780567668769
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"