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The Formation of the Biblical Canon, Volumes I & II is unavailable, but you can change that!

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 on this subject—McDonald presents his most in-depth overview to date. McDonald shows students and researchers how the list of texts that...

There is no doubt that the Bible, however defined, is heralded as revelatory and definitive for belief and action by Jews and Christians, no matter how diverse. The Bible contains evidence of God, God’s activities in history (Heilsgeschichte), inspired thought (poetry), and guidance for morality and conceptuality. Most importantly, all who revere any books collected into any Bible acknowledge that they are informed of what God expects of them, his creations. “Torah” is often translated “Law”; it
Volume 1, Page xiv