Reference and Readings:
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*Beckwith, R., The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1985.
Barton, John. Holy Writings, Sacred Text: The Canon in Early Christianity. Westminster John Knox, 1997.
Brotzman, E. Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker House, 1994.
*Bruce, F. F., The Canon of Scripture. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
A widely used book produced by a respected evangelical scholar.
DeSilva, D. A. Introducing the Apocrypha. Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker House, 2002.
Evans, C. A. Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012.
*Evans, Craig A. and Emanuel Tov, eds. Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Hiostorical, Literary, and Theological Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008.
Helyer, L. R. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.
Holmes M. W. The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations. G.R.: Baker, 2007.
Jobes, Karen H. and MoisÈs Silva, Invitation to the Septuagint. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker House, 2000.
Kostenberger, Andreas J. and Kruger, Michael J. The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture’s Fascination With Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway, 2010.
An important balance to mainstream theories of how the Bible was put together.
Kruger, Michael. Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origin and Authority of the New Testament Books. Wheaton, Ill: Crossways Publishing, 2012.
Mason, S. Josephus and the New Testament. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1992.
Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development and Significance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Considered a very important contribution to the field and the standard for many years.
Morrison, John. “Barth, Barthians, and Evangelicals: Reassessing the Question of the Relation of Holy Scripture and the Word of God” in Trinity Journal. Volume 25 NS, No. 2, Fall 2004. pps. 187-213.
Peckham, John C. “The Canon and Biblical Authority: A Critical Comparison of Two Models of Canonicity” in Trinity Journal. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Volume 28 NS, No. 2, Fall 2007. pps. 229-49.
Tov, Emmanuel. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research. Revised edition. Jerusalem Biblical Studies volume 8. Simor, 1997.
Würthwein, Ernst. The Text of the Old Testament. 2nd edition. Eerdmans, 1995.