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BL
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637892
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Kruger, Michael J.
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| Title & Author
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The question of Canon : : challenging the status quo in the New Testament debate /\ Michael J. Kruger.
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256 pages ;; 23 cm
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9780830840311 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0830840311 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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9780830864973 (digital)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The definion of canon: must we make a sharp distinction between the definitions of canon and scripture? -- The origins of canon: was there really nothing in early Christianity that may have led to a canon? -- The writing of canon: were early Christians averse to written documents? -- The authors of canon: were the New Testament authors unaware of their own authority? -- The date of canon: were the New Testament books first regarded as scripture at the end of the second century?
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Kruger examines modern scholarship's view that the New Testament is a late creation of the church imposed on books originally written for another purpose. He tackles the five most prevalent objections to the classic understanding of a quickly emerging, self-authenticating collection of authoritative scriptures, and addresses foundational and paradigmatic assumptions of the extrinsic model as he provides powerful rebuttals and further support for the classic, "intrinsic" view.
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Bible., New Testament-- Canon.
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| LC Classification
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BS2320.K785 2013
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