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Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume, leading international scholars provide cutting-edge perspectives on various facets of the biblical writings, how those writings became canonical Scripture, and why the canon matters. Craig Evans begins by helping those new to the field understand the different versions of the Hebrew Bible (Masoretic Text, Septuagint, Targum, Vulgate, etc.) as well as the books of the Apocrypha and...

the time of (say) the prophet Isaiah there was as yet no scripture, and he never speaks of there being one.18 Barr expands on his statement by claiming that the Protestant heirs of the Reformation with their emphases on Scripture and canon have unconsciously retrojected their beliefs on the people of biblical times.19 While it is no doubt true that the people of ancient Israel did not have a closed canon of authoritative writings, and that the heirs of the Reformation understood the Bible in a way
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