The Formation of the Biblical Canon: Volume 2: The New Testament: Its Authority and Canonicity

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 guides readers through the minefield of diff...