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1.0 Canon Criticism

Ackroyd, P. A. "The Open Canon." Colloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review 3 (1970): 279-91.

Alexander, Archibald. The Canon of the Old and New Testaments.  New York: Princeton Press, 1826.

Alter, Robert, and Frand Kermode, eds. The Literary Guide to the Bible. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987.

Anderson, Bernhard. "Tradition and Scripture in the Community of Faith." Journal of Biblical Literature 100 (1981): 5-21.

Appel, Nicolass. "The New Testament Canon: Historical Process and Spirit's Witness." Theological Studies 32 (1971): 627-46.

Aland, Kurt.  The Problem of the New Testament Canon. Westminster: Canterbury Press, 1962.

Aland, Kurt.  “Das Problem des neutestamentlichen Kanons.” In Das Neue Testament als Kanon: Dokumentation und kritische Analyse zur gegenwärtigen Diskussion, ed.  Ernst Käsemann,  134-58.  Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1970.

Anderson, Bernhard. “Tradition and Scripture in the Community of Faith.” Journal of Biblical Literature 100 (1981): 5-21.

Attridge, Harry W., ed.  The Formation of the New Testament Canon. New York: Paulist Press, 1983.

Bailey, James L. "Preaching the Lukan Gospel." Currents in Theology and Mission 12 (December 1985): 325-37.

Bainton, Roland H. "Rediscovering our Roots in Search of a Future." The Japan Christian Quarterly 47 (Fall 1981): 242-51.

Baldermann, Ingo, Ernst Dassman, et al, eds. Zum Problem des biblischen Kanons. Vol. 3. Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1988.

Baker, David L.  Two Testaments, One Bible: A Study of the Theological Relationship between the Old & New Testaments, rev. ed.  Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1991.

Barr, James. The Bible in the Modern World. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.

Barr, James. Holy Scripture: Canon, Authority, Criticism. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983.

Barr, James. "Jowett and the Reading of the Bible 'Like Any Other Book.'" Horizons in Biblical Theology: An International Dialogue 4 (1982-1983): 1-44.

Barr, James. The Scope and Authority of the Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1981.

Barr, James. "The Theological Case Against Biblical Theology." In Canon, Theology, and Old Testament Interpretation, edited by Gene M. Tucker, David L. Petersen, and Robert R. Wilson, 3-19. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.

Barstad, Hans M. "Le Canon comme Principe Exegetique: Autour de la Contribution de Brevard S Childs a une Hermeneutique" de l'Ancien Testament." Studia Theologica: Scandinavian Journal of Theology 38 (1984): 77-91.

Barton, John. "Classifying Biblical Criticism." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 29 (1984): 19-35.

Barton, John. Oracles of God. London: Darton, Longmen, and Todd, 1986.

Barton, John. Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1984.

Beckwith, Roger. The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church and Its Background in Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1985.

Belsey, Catherine. Critical Practice. London: Methuen, 1980.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Prophecy and Canon: A Contribution to the Study of Jewish Origins. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1977.

Best, Ernest. "Scripture, Tradition and the Canon of the New Testament." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 61 (1979): 258-89.

Birch, Bruce C. "Biblical Hermeneutics in Recent Discussion." Religious Studies Review 10 (January 1984): 1-7.

Birch, Bruce C. "Biblical Theology: Issues in Authority and Hermeneutics." In Wesleyan Theology Today, edited by T. Runyon, 127-33. Nashville: Kingword Books, 1985.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Prophecy and Canon: A Contribution to the Study of Jewish Origins. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1977.

Blomberg, Craig L. "The Legitimacy and Limits of Harmonization." In Hermeneutics, Authority, & Canon, edited by D. Carson and J. Woodbridge, 139-74. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.

Bovon, Francois. "The Synoptic Gospels and the Noncanonical Acts of the Apostles." The Harvard Theological Review 81 (January 1988): 19-36.

Brown, Raymond E. The Critical Meaning of the Bible. New York: Paulist Press, 1981.

Bruce, F.F. and E.G. Rupp, eds. Holy Book and Holy Tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968.

Bruce, F.F.  "Tradition and the Canon of Scripture." In The Authoritative Word, edited by D. McKim, 59-84. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1983.

Brueggemann, Dale A. "Brevard Childs' Canon Criticism: An Example of Post-Critical Naivete." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 32 (September 1989): 311-26.

Brueggemann, Walter. The Creative Word: Canon as a Model for Biblical Education. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982.

Brueggemann, Walter. In Man We Trust: The Neglected Side of Biblical Faith. Richmond: John Knox, 1973.

Bruns, G. L. "Canon and Power in the Hebrew Scriptures." Critical Inquiry 10 (1984): 462-80.

Burge, Gary M. "A Specific Problem in the New Testament Text and Canon: The Woman Caught in Adultery." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27 (June 1984): 141-48.

von Campenhausen, Hans. The Formation of the Christian Bible. Translated by John Austin Baker. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1972.

Carroll, Robert P.  "Childs and Canon." Irish Biblical Studies 2 (1980): 211-36.

Carson, D.A. and John D. Woodbridge, eds. Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.

Childs, Brevard S. Biblical Theology in Crisis. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970.

Childs, Brevard S. “The Canonical Shape of the Prophetic Literature.” Interpretation 32 (1978): 46-55.

Childs, Brevard S. “Interpretation in Faith: The Theological Responsibility of an Old Testament Commentary.” Interpretation 18 (1964): 432-49.

Childs, Brevard S. The New Testament as Canon: An Introduction. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.

Childs, Brevard S. “The Old Testament as Scripture of the Church.” Concordia Theological Monthly 43 (1972): 709-22.

Childs, Brevard S. "Response to Reviewers on Introduction to the Old Testament." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 16 (May 1980): 52-60.

Childs, Brevard S. “The Search for Biblical Authority Today.” Andover Newton Quarterly 16 (1976): 199-206.

Childs, Brevard S. “Some Reflections on the Search for a Biblical Theology.”  Horizons in Biblical Theology 4 (1982): 1-12.

Coats, George W. and Burke O. Long, eds. Canon and Authority. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977.

Cohn, Robert L. "Narrative Structure and Canonical Perspective in Genesis." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 25 (February 1983): 3-16.

Dahl, N.A. “The Particularity of the Pauline Epistles as a Problem in the Ancient Church.” In Neotestamentica et Patristica. ed. W.C. van Unnik. 261-71. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1962.

Detweiler, Robert. “What Is a Sacred Text?” Semeia 31 (1985): 213-30.

Dulles, Avery. "Scripture: Recent Protestant and Catholic Views." Theology Today 37 (1980): 7-26.

Dunbar, David G. "The Biblical Canon," in Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon, edited by D. A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge, 295-360. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1986.

Dunn, J. D. G. "Levels of Canonical Authority." Horizons in Biblical Theology 4 (1982): 13-60.

Ehrman, Bart D. "The New Testament Canon of Didymus the Blind." Vigilae Christianae: A Review of Early Christian Life and Language 37 (1983): 1-21.

Ellis, E. Earle. Prophecy and Hermeneutic in Early Christianity. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1978.

Evans, Craig A. "The Isaianic Background of the Sower Parable." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 47 (1985): 464-68.

Evans, Craig A. "Paul and the Hermeneutics of `True Prophecy': A Study of Romans 9-11." Biblica 65 (1984): 560-70.

Farmer, William R. "Matthew and the Bible: An Essay in Canonical Criticism." Lexington Theological Quarterly 11 (April 1976): 57-66.

Farmer, William R., ed. New Synoptic Studies: The Cambridge Gospel Conference and Beyond. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1983.

Farmer, William R. and Denis M. Farkasfalvy. The Formation of the New Testament Canon. New York: Paulist Press, 1983.

Fee, Gordon D. New Testament Exegesis. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983.

Fisher, Eugene J. Review of Holy Scripture: Canon, Authority, Criticism, by James Barr. In Hebrew Studies 29 (1988): 101-03.

Fornberg, Tord. "Textual Criticism and Canon. Some Problems." Studia Theologica 40 (1986): 45-53.

Fowl, Stephen. "The Canonical Approach of Brevard Childs." Expository Times 96 (March 1985): 173-76.

Freedman, David Noel. "The Earliest Bible." Michigan Quarterly Review 22 (Summer 1983): 167-75.

Frye, Northrop. The Great Code: The Bible and Literature. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Gamble, H. Y. The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

Garrett, James L. “The Teaching of Recent Southern Baptist Theologians on the Bible.” In Proceedings of the Conference on Biblical Inerrancy 1987, edited by Joel Gregory, et al, 239-315. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1987.

Gerstenberger, Erhard S. “Canon Criticism and the Meaning of Sitz in Leben.” In Canon, Theology, and Old Testament Interpretation, edited by Gene M. Tucker, David L. Petersen, and Robert R. Wilson, 20-31. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.

Gese, Hartmut. “Erwägungen zur Einheit der biblischen Theologie.” Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 67 (December 1970): 417-36.

Gottwald, Norman K. “Social Matrix and Canonical Shape.” Theology Today 42 (October 1985): 307-21.

Grant, Robert McQueen. “Literary Criticism and the New Testament Canon.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 16 (1982): 24-44.

Gregory, Caspar René. Canon and Text of the New Testament. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1907.

Groh, Dennis E. “Hans von Campenhausen on Canon: Positions and Problems.” Interpretation 28 (July 1974): 331-43.

Gross, Walter, ed. “Kanonischer Text - ‘ganzheitliche’ Exegese?” Theologische Quartalschrift 167 (1987): 242-302.

Hahn, Ferdinand. “Die Heilige Schrift als älteste christliche Tradition ünd als Kanon.” Evangelische Theologie 40 (1980): 456-66.

Hammer, Paul L. “Canon and Theological Variety: A Study in the Pauline Tradition.” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 67 (1976): 83-89.

Hanson, Paul D. “Theological Significance of Contradiction within the Book of the Covenant.” In Canon and Authority: Essays in Old Testament, edited by G. Coats, 110-31. Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1977.

Haran, Menahem. “Book-size and the Device of Catch-lines in the Biblical Canon.” Journal of Jewish Studies 36 (Spring 1985): 1-11.

von Harnack, A. The Origins of the New Testament and the Most Important Consequences of the New Creation. London: Williams and Northgate, 1925.

Hasel, Gerhard F. “Biblical Theology: Then, Now, and Tomorrow.” Horizons in Biblical Theology: An International Dialogue 4 (June 1982): 61-93.

Hawthorne, Gerald F., ed. Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation: Studies in Honor of Merrill C. Tenney Presented by his Former Students. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1975.

Hayes, John H. and Carl R. Holladay. Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner’s Handbook. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1987.

Hoffman, Thomas A. “Inspiration, Normativeness, Canonicity, and the Unique Sacred Character of the Bible.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 44 (1982): 447-69.

Hronig, Gottfried, “Hermeneutik and Bibelkritik bei Joahann Salomo Semler.” In Historische Kritik und biblischer Kanon in der deutschen Aufklarung, edited by H. Reventlow, et al, 219-36. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1988.

Houlden, Leslie. “Is the Bible Still There?” Theology 89 (March 1986): 87-89.

Hunt, Harry. “An Examination of the Current Emphasis on the Canon in the Old Testament Studies.” Southwestern Baptist Journal of Theology 23 (1980): 55-70.

Johnson, Cedric B. The Psychology of Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983.

Jones, Jeremiah. A New and Full Method of Settling the Canonical Authority of the New Testament. Vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1798.

Kalin, Everett. “A Book Worth Discussing: Canon and Community. A Guide to Canonical Criticism.” Currents in Theology and Mission 12 (1985): 310-12.

Kalin, Everett. “The Inspired Community: A Glance at Canon History.” Concordia Theological Monthly 42 (1971): 541-49.

Käsemann, Ernst. Das Neue Testament als Kanon. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1970.

Kealy, Sean P. “The Canon: An African Contribution.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 9 (1979):13-26.

Keck, Leander E. “Scripture and Canon.” Quarterly Review: A Scholarly Journal for Reflection on Ministry  3 (Winter 1983): 8-21.

Keegan, Terence J. Interpreting the Bible. New York: Paulist Press, 1985.

Kermode, Frank. “The Argument about Canon.” In The Bible and the Narrative Tradition, edited by F. McConnel, 78-96. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.

Kermode, Frank. “The Canon.” In The Literary Guide to the Bible, edited by R. Alter and F. Kermode, 600-10. Cambridge: The Balknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987.

Kittel, Bonnie. “Brevard Childs’ Development of the Canonical Approach.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 16 (May 1980): 2-11.

Kline, Meredith G. The Structure of Biblical Authority. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1972.

Knight, Douglas A. “Canon and the History of Tradition: A Critique of Brevard S. Childs’ Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture.” Horizons in Biblical Theology: An International Dialogue 2 (1980): 127-49.

Knox, John. “Marcion’s Gospel and the Synoptic Problem.” In Jesus, the Gospels, and the Church, edited by E. Sanders, 25-31. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1987.

Kraus, Hans-Joachim. Geschichte der historisch-kritischen Erforschung des Alten Testaments. Second edition. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1969.

Latham, Tony. "Canon Criticism," A Paper Presented to Dr. Lorin L. Cranford in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Course New Testament Critical Methodology, Sept. 20, 1993. ----

Leiman, Sid Z., ed. The Canon and Masorah of the Hebrew Bible. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1974.

Lemcio, Eugene E. “The Gospels and Canonical Criticism.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 11 (1981): 114-22.

Lemcio, Eugene E. “The Parables of the Great Supper and the Wedding Feast: History, Redaction and Canon.” Horizons in Biblical Theology: An International Dialogue 8 (June 1986): 1-26.

Lewis, J.P. “What do We Mean by Jabneh?” Journal of Bible and Religion 32 (1964): 124-32.

Luz, Ulrich and Hans Weder, eds. Die Mitte des Neuen Testaments: Einheit und Vielfalt neutestamentlicher Theologie: Festschrift für Eduard Schweizer. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht. Göttigen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1983.

March, W. Eugene, ed. Texts and Testaments: Critical Essays on the Bible and Early Church Fathers. San Antonia: Trinity University Press, 1980.

Mays, James. “Historical and Canonical: Recent Discussion about the Old Testament and Christian Faith.” In Magnalia Dei: The Mighty Acts of God, eds. Frank Moore Cross, Werner E. Lemke, and Patrick D. Miller, Jr. 510-28. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976.

McDonald, Lee Martin. The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon. Nashville: Abingdon, 1988.

McEvenue, Sean E. “The Old Testament, Scripture or Theology?” Interpretation 35 (July 1981): 229-42.

Meade, David G. Pseudonymity and Canon. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1986.

Melugin, Roy F. “Canon and Exegesis.” In Canon, Theology, and Old Testament Interpretation: Essays in Honor of Brevard S. Childs, edited by Tucker, Gene M., David L. Petersen, and Robert R. Wilson, 48-61. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.

Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New Testament. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.

Mildenberger, Friedrich. “The Unity, Truth, and Validity of the Bible.” Interpretation 29 (October 1975): 391-405.

Moberly, R. Walter L. “The Church’s Use of the Bible: The Work of Brevard Childs.” The Expository Times 99 (January 1988): 104-09.

Morgan, Donn F. “Canon and Criticism: Method or Madness?” Anglican Theological Review 68 (1986): 83-94.

Ohlig, Karl-Heinz. Die theologische Begründung des neutestamentlichen Kanons in der alten Kirche. Düsseldorf: Patmos-Verlag, 1972.

Oss, Douglas A. “Canon as Context: The Function of Sensus Plenior in Evangelical Hermeneutics.” Grace Theological Journal 9 (Spring 1988): 105-27.

Oswalt, John N. “Canonical Criticism: A Review from a Conservative Viewpoint.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 30 (1987): 317-25.

Outler, Albert C. “Canon Criticism and the Gospel of Mark.” In New Synoptic Studies, edited by W. Farmer, 233-43. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1983.

Outler, Albert C. “The ‘Logic’ of Canon-making and the Tasks of Canon-criticism.” In Texts and Testaments: Critical Essays on the Bible and Early Church Fathers, ed. W. Eugene March, 263-76. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1980.

Outler, Albert C. “Toward a Postliberal Hermeneutics.” Theology Today 42 (October 1985): 281-91.

Piper, John. “Authority and Meaning of the Christian Canon: A Response to Gerald Sheppard on Canon Criticism.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19 (Spring 1976): 87-96.

Priest, John. F. “Canon and Criticism: A Review Article.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 48 (June 1980): 259-71.

Readings, Bill. “Canon and On: From Concept to Figure.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 57 (Spring 1989): 149-72.

Reid, Stephen. “An Evangelical Approach to Scripture.” TSF Bulletin 8 (March-April 1985): 2-5.

Rendtorff, Rolph. “Zur Bedeutung des Kanons für eine Theologie des Alten Testaments.” In Wenn nich jetzt, wann dann?, 3-11, Edited by Hans-Georg Geyer, Johann Schmidt, Werner Schneider, and Michael Wernrich. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1984.

Russell, D.S. From Judaism to Early Church. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986.

Sanders, James A. “Adaptable for Life: The Nature and Function of Canon.” In Magnalie Dei: The Mighty Acts of God, edited by Frank Moore Cross, Werner E. Lemke, and Patrick D. Miller, Jr., 531-60. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.

Sanders, James A. “The Bible as Canon.” The Christian Century 98 (December 2, 1981): 1250-55.

Sanders, James A.  “Biblical Criticism and the Bible as Canon.” Union Seminary Quarterly Review 32 (Spring-Summer 1977): 157-65.

Sanders, James A. Canon and Community: A Guide to Canonical Criticism. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.

Sanders, James A. “Canonical Context and Canonical Criticism.” Horizons in Biblical Theology 2 (1980): 173-97.

Sanders, James A. “Canonical Hermeneutics in the Light of Biblical, Literary and Historical Criticism.” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America (1985): 54-63.

Sanders, James A. “First Testament and Second.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 17 (1987): 47-49.

Sanders, James A. From Sacred Story to Sacred Text. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987.

Sanders, James A. “The Gospels and the Canonical Process: A Response to Lou H. Silberman.” In The Relationships among the Gospels: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, edited by William W. Walker, 233-36. Trinity University Monograph Series in Religion. Vol. 5. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1978.

Sanders, James A. “Isaiah in Luke.” Interpretation 36 (1982): 144-55.

Sanders, James A. “Reopening Old Questions about Scripture.” Interpretation 28 (July 1974): 321-30.

Sanders, James A. “Text and Canon: Concepts and Method.” Journal of Biblical Literature 98 (March 1979): 5-29.

Sanders, James A. Torah and Canon. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1972.

Sanders, James A. “Torah and Christ.” Interpretation 29 (October 1975): 372-90.

Scanlin, Harold P. “What is the Canonical Shape of the Old Testament We Translate?” In Issues in Bible Translation, edited by P. Stine, 207-20. New York: United Bible Society, 1988.

Scharbert, Josef. Review of Biblical Theology in Crisis, by Brevard S. Childs. In Biblische Zeitschrift 16 (1972): 147-48.

Scheffler, E. H. “Die Verhouding tussen die Ou en Neue Testament.” Theologia Evangelica 16 (March 1983): 38-52.

Seybold, Klaus. Review of Holy Scripture: Canon, Authority, Criticism, by James Barr. In Theologische Zeitschrift 44 (1988): 283-84.

Sheehan, John F. “The Historical Method and Canonical Criticism: A Place on Which to Stand in Doing Biblical Theology.”  In Theology and Discovery: Essays in Honor of Karl Rahner, ed. William J. Kelly, 337-57. Milwaukee: Marquette Univ. Press, 1980.

Sheppard, Gerald T. “Barr on Canon and Childs: Can One Read the Bible as Scripture?” TSF Bulletin 7 (November-December 1983): 2-4.

Sheppard, Gerald T. “Canon Criticism: The Proposal of Brevard Childs and an Assessment for Evangelical Hermeneutics.” Studia Biblica et Theologica 4 (1974): 3-17.

Sheppard, Gerald. “Canonization: Hearing the Voice of the Same God through Historically Dissimilar Traditions.” Interpretation 37 (1982): 21-33.

Siker, J. “The Theology of the Sabbath in the Old Testament: A Canonical Approach.” Studia Biblica et Theologica 11 (1981): 5-20.

Silva, Moises. “The Place of Historical Reconstruction in New Testament Criticism.” In Hermeneutics, Authority, & Canon, edited by D. Carson and J. Woodbridge, 109-33. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.

Sklba, Richard J. “A Response to Fr. Sheehan.” In Theology and Discovery: Essays in Honor of Karl Rahner, 363-65. Edited by William J. Kelly. Milwaukee: Marquette Univ. Press, 1980.

Smith, D. Moody. “John, the Synoptics, and the Canon Approach to Exegesis.” In Tradition and Interpretation in the New Testament, edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne and Otto Betz, 166-80. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1987.

Smith, Morton. Palestinian Parties and Politics that Shaped the Old Testament. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.

Soulen, Richard N. Handbook of Biblical Criticism, 2d Edition. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981.

Souter, Alexander. The Text and Canon of the New Testament. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1917.

Spina, F. A. “Canonical Criticism: Childs Versus Sanders.” In Interpreting God’s Word For Today: An Inquiry into Hermeneutics from a Biblical Theology Perspective, edited by W. McCown and J. E. Massey, 165-94. Anderson, IN: Warner Press, 1982.

Stackhouse, Max L. Apologia: Contextualization, Globalization, and Mission in Theological Education. Grand Rapids: Wm. B Eerdmans, 1988.

Steinmetz, David C. “The Superiority of Pre-Critical Exegesis.” Theology Today 37 (April 1980): 27-38.

Stendahl, Krister. “The Bible as a Classic and the Bible as Holy Scripture.” Journal of Biblical Literature 103 (1984): 3-10.

Stuhlmacher, Peter. “The Gospel of Reconciliation in Christ: Basic Features and Issues of a Biblical Theology of the New Testament.” Horizons in Biblical Theology: An International Dialogue 1 (1980): 161-90.

Stuhlmacher, Peter. Historical Criticism and Theological Interpretation of Scripture. Translated by Roy A. Harrisville. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977.

Stackhouse, Max L. Apologia: Contextualization, Globalization, and Mission in Theological Education.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.

Sundberg, Albert C. “The Bible and the Christian Doctrine of Inspiration.” Interpretation 29 (1975): 352-71.

Sundberg, Albert C. “The ‘Old Testament’: A Christian Canon.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 30 (1968): 143-55.

Sundberg, Albert C. The Old Testament of the Early Church. London: Oxford University Press, 1964.

Sundberg, Albert C. “The Protestant Old Testament Canon: Should It Be Reexamined?” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 28 (1966): 194-203.

Tate, Marvin E. “Promising Paths Toward Biblical Theology.” Review and Expositor: A Baptist Theological Journal 78 (Spring 1981): 169-85.

Vanhoozer, Kevin J. “The Semantics of Biblical Literature: Truth and Scripture’s Diverse Literary Forms.” In Hermeneutics, Authority, & Canon, edited by D. Carson and J. Woodbridge, 53-104. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.

Wainwright, Geoffrey. “The New Testament as Canon.” Scottish Journal of Theology 28 (1974): 551-71.

Wall, Robert W. “Ecumenicity and Ecclesiology: the Promise of the Multiple Letter Canon of the New Testament Christian.” Scholar’s Review 16 (1987): 336-54.

Wall, Robert W.  “The Problem of the Multiple Letter Canon of the  New Testament.” Horizons in Biblical Theology: An International Dialogue 8 (December 1986): 1-31.

Watson, Francis. “Canon and Criticism: A Response to Professor  Childs." King’s Theological Review 8 (Autumn 1985): 55-58.

White, Leland J. “Biblical Theologians and Theologies of Liberation--Part I: Canon--Supporting Framework.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 11 (1981): 35-40.

Weiß, Hans-Friedrich. Review of Biblical Theology in Crisis, by Brevard S. Childs. In Theologische Literaturzeitung 96 (1971): 816-818.

Whybray, R.N. “Reflections on Canonical Criticism.” Theology 84 (1981): 29-35.

Aland, K. The Problem of the New Testament Canon. Westminster: Canterbury Press, 1962.

Attridge, H.W., ed. The Formation of the New Testament Canon. New York: Paulist Press, 1983.

Barr, James. Holy Scripture: Canon, Authority, Criticism.  Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983.

Beckwith, Roger. The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church and Its Background in Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985.

Best, E. “Scripture, Tradition and the Canon of the New Testament.” Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 61 (1979): 259-89.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Prophecy and Canon: A Contribution to the Study of Jewish Origins. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1977.

Bruce, F.F. The Canon of Scripture. Downers Grove, IL.: InterVarsity Press, 1988.

Bruce, F.F. and E.G. Rupp, eds. Holy Book and Holy Tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968.

von Campenhausen, Hans. The Formation of the Christian Bible. Translated by John Austin Baker. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1972.

Carson, D.A. and John D. Woodbridge, eds. Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.

Coats, George W. and Burke O. Long, eds. Canon and Authority. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977.

Detweiler, Robert. “What Is a Sacred Text?” Semeia 31 (1985): 213-30.

Dunn, J.D.G. “Levels of Canonical Authority.” Horizons in Biblical Theology 4 (1982): 13-60.

Farmer, William R. and Denis M. Farkasfalvy. The Formation of the New Testament Canon. New York: Paulist Press, 1983.

Gamble, H.Y. The New Testament Canon: Its Making and Meaning. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

Goodspeed, Edgar J. The Formation of the New Testament. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1926.

Hahn, Ferdinand. “Die Heilige Schrift als älteste christliche Tradition ünd als Kanon.” Evangelische Theologie 40 (1980): 456-66.

Käsemann, Ernst. Das Neue Testament als Kanon. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1970.

Leiman, Sid Z., ed. The Canon and Masorah of the Hebrew Bible. New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1974.

Leiman, Sid Z., ed. The Canonization of Hebrew Scripture: The Talmudic and Midrashic Evidence. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1976.

Lewis, J.P. “What do We Mean by Jabneh?” Journal of Bible and Religion 32 (1964): 124-32.

Lightstone, J.N. “The Formation of the Biblical Canon in Judaism of Late Antiquity: Prolegomena to a General Reassessment.” Studies in Religion 8 (1979): 135-42.

McDonald, Lee Martin. The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon. Nashville: Abingdon, 1988.

Meade, David G. Pseudonymity and Canon. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986.

Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New Testament. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.

Smith, Morton. Palestinian Parties and Politics that Shaped the Old Testament. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.

Sundberg, Albert C. “The ‘Old Testament’: A Christian Canon.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 30 (1968): 143-55.

Sundberg, Albert C. The Old Testament of the Early Church. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964.

Sundberg, Albert C. “The Protestant Old Testament Canon: Should It Be Reexamined?” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 28 (1966): 194-203.

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