The canon of Scripture refers to the authoritative list of books that comprise the Bible (canon is Greek for rule or standard). Protestants have historically believed that the 66 books in the Bible ...

All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 ...

I saw your article on Five Myths about Seven Books and wonder if you think that the question posed to Jesus in Mark 12 about the resurrection is rooted in Tobit 3 and confirms that this book is part ...

I am debating a whole slew of Protestants, so I was reading your excellent article here. The first myth you debunk is this: "The deuterocanonical books are not found in the Hebrew Bible. They were ...

Why Christians read the diversity within the canon as a unified whole. Well over a decade ago, I was doing postgraduate work at the University of St. Andrews and the place was abuzz with exciting news ...

When Westminster John Knox Press launched the Interpre­tation commentary series in 1982 with Walter Brueggemann's provocative volume on the book of Genesis, readers encountered the strange new world ...

Because they believe that the Bible may have been corrupted in its transmission, Bozung said, "whenever the Bible contradicts the Book of Mormon in its teaching, they can say the Bible is wrong." In ...

It is frequently said that Luther did not regard the whole Bible as the divinely-inspired Word of God, but only such parts of it as “urge Christ” (Christum treiben.) He thus assumed “a canon within ...

In the earliest Christian movement, there were actually many different writings circulated, and many traditions about the sayings of Jesus. Some of the leaders were concerned to say, "Well, which of ...

I remember asking this question in my first year of seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Why couldnȁ9;t there be additional texts widely recognized as inspired by God, I wondered, added to the standard number ...