Richard Simon Critical History of the Text of the New Testament
Richard Simon Critical History of the Text of the New Testament

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-02-15

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9004244204

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In Critical History of the Text of the New Testament (1689), 17th century Oratorian Richard Simon (1638-1712), ‘father’ of modern biblical criticism, surveys the genuineness, authority, and reliability of all then known manuscript and printed sources of the New Testament.

History of New Testament Research, Vol. 1
History of New Testament Research, Vol. 1

Author: William Baird

Publisher: Fortress Press

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Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9781451420173

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Stressing the historical and theological significance of pivotal figures and movements, William Baird guides the reader through intriguing developments and critical interpretation of the New Testament from its beginnings in Deism through the watershed of the Tubingen school. Familiar figures appear in a new light, and important, previously forgotten stages of the journey emerge. Baird gives attention to the biographical and cultural setting of persons and approaches, affording both beginning student and seasoned scholar an authoritative account that is useful for orientation as well as research.

Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley

Author: Kristine Louise Haugen

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0674058712

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What warranted the skewering of Richard Bentley (whom Rhodri Lewis called “perhaps the most notable—and notorious—scholar ever to have English as a mother tongue”) by two of the literary giants of his day? Kristine Haugen offers a fascinating portrait of Europe’s most infamous classical scholar and the intellectual turmoil he set in motion.

The Canon of the New Testament
The Canon of the New Testament

Author: Bruce M. Metzger

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1997-03-06

Total Pages: 1054

ISBN-13: 0191606871

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This book provides information from Church history concerning the recognition of the canonical status of the several books of the New Testament. Canonization was a long and gradual process of sifting among scores of gospels, epistles, and other books that enjoyed local and temporary authority - some of which have only recently come to light among the discoveries of Nag Hammadi. After discussing the external pressures that led to the fixing of the limits of the canon, the author gives sustained attention to Patristic evidence that bears on the development of the canon not only in the West but also among the Eastern Churches, including the Syrian, Armenian, Georgian, Coptic, and Ethiopian. Besides considering differences as to the sequence of the books in the New Testament, Dr Metzger takes up such questions as which form of text is to be regarded as canonical; whether the canon is open or closed; to what extent a canon should be sought within the canon; and whether the canon is a collection of authoritative books or an authoritative collection of books.