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In The Canon of Scripture, F. F. Bruce presents a thorough reexamination of the historical evidence for acceptance of the canon, focusing on the central issues of criteria of canonicity, the idea of a canon within a canon, and canonical criticism. Adept in both Old and New Testament studies, Bruce brings a rare comprehensive perspective to his task, as well as the wisdom of a lifetime of...

by addition or subtraction). ‘Therefore it is not surprising’, he goes on, ‘that some have dared to falsify even the dominical scriptures, when they have plotted against writings so inferior to these.’20 The ‘dominical scriptures’ could be gospels or other New Testament writings, but they might conceivably be the Old Testament writings, especially those passages which were used as ‘testimonies’ concerning Christ. About the same time the Palestinian Christian Hegesippus could report after his journeys
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