
The Canon of the New Testament
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE: SURVEY OF LITERATURE ON THE CANON
- I. Literature on the Canon Published Prior to the Twentieth Century
- II. Literature on the Canon Published During the Twentieth Century
- PART TWO: FORMATION OF THE CANON
- III. Period of Preparation: The Apostolic Fathers
- I. CLEMENT OF ROME
- II. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
- III. THE DIDACHE
- IV. PAPIAS OF HIERAPOLIS
- V. THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS
- VI. POLYGARP OF SMYRNA
- VII. HERMAS OF ROME
- VIII. THE SO-CALLED SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT
- IX. SUMMARY
- IV. Influences Bearing on the Development of the Canon
- I. GNOSTICISM
- II. MARCION
- III. MONTANISM
- IV. PERSECUTIONS AND THE SCRIPTURES
- V. OTHER POSSIBLE INFLUENCES
- V. Development of the Canon in the East
- I. SYRIA
- II. ASIA MINOR
- III. GREECE
- IV. EGYPT
- VI. Development of the Canon in the West
- I. ROME
- II. GAUL
- III. NORTH AFRICA
- VII. Books of Temporary and Local Canonicity: Apocryphal Literature
- I. APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS
- II. APOCRYPHAL ACTS
- III. APOCRYPHAL EPISTLES
- IV. APOCRYPHAL APOCALYPSES
- V. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
- VIII. Two Early Lists of the Books of the New Testament
- I. THE MURATORIAN CANON
- II. EUSEBIUS' CLASSIFICATION OF NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS
- IX. Attempts at Closing the Canon in the East
- I. FROM CYRIL OF JERUSALEM TO THE TRULLAN SYNOD
- II. THE CANON IN THE NATIONAL EASTERN CHURCHES
- X. Attempts at Closing the Canon in the West
- I. FROM DIOCLETIAN TO THE END OF ANTIQUITY
- II. THE MIDDLE AGES, THE REFORMERS, AND THE COUNCIL OF TRENT
- PART THREE: HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE CANON
- XI. Problems Confronting the Early Church Concerning the Canon
- I. CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING CANONICITY
- II. INSPIRATION AND THE CANON
- III. WHICH PART OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED AS AUTHORITATIVE?
- IV. THE PLURALITY OF THE GOSPELS
- V. THE PARTICULARITY OF THE PAULINE EPISTLES
- XII. Questions Concerning the Canon Today
- I. WHICH FORM OF THE TEXT IS CANONICAL?
- II. IS THE CANON OPEN OR CLOSED?
- III. IS THERE A CANON WITHIN THE CANON?
- IV. THE CANON: COLLECTION OF AUTHORITATIVE BOOKS OR AUTHORITATIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS?
- APPENDIXES
- I. History of the Word Kav(Omitted)v
- II. Variations in the Sequence of the Books of the New Testament
- III. Titles of the Books of the New Testament
- IV. Early Lists of the Books of the New Testament
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
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