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David L. Dungan (1936–2008)

Autor(a) de A History of the Synoptic Problem

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NO OF PAGES: 224 SUB CAT I: Early Church History SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Most college and seminary courses on the New Testament include discussions of the process that gave shape to the New Testament. Now David Dungan re-examines the primary source for this history, the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth-century Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, in the light of Hellenistic political thought. He reaches startling new conclusions: that we usually use the term "canon" incorrectly; that the legal imposition of a "canon" or "rule" upon scripture was a fourth- and fifth-century phenomenon enforced with the power of the Roman imperial government; that the forces shaping the New Testament canon are much earlier than the second-century crisis occasioned by Marcion, and that they are political forces.
Dungan discusses how the scripture selection process worked, book-by-book, as he examines the criteria used?and not used?to make these decisions. Finally he describes the consequences of the emperor Constantine's tremendous achievement in transforming orthodox, Catholic Christianity into imperial Christianity.NOTES: Purchased from Amazon.com. SUBTITLE: Politics and the Making of the New Testament
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BeitHallel | 1 outra crítica | Feb 18, 2011 |
Fascinating if a bit densely written; history of problem of determining the authenticity of and interpreting the Gospels of the New Testament; placed in larger historical context--a concise history of Western Civilization!
 
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jtfairbro | Sep 29, 2009 |

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