The Canon of Scripture

Abstract

In the book “The canon of Scripture”, the author Bruce arranges the dates in order about the formation of the Old Testament. The Canon of Scripture is not an essential effort in the part of chronological canonization; the whole official story delivers an outline of considering the background of the Old Testament and the founding of the New.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Introduction4

Theme of the book5

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Author's Arguments6

Conclusion9

Support of critique with well-reasoned arguments9

References10

The Canon of Scripture

Introduction

The canon of scripture is written by F.F Bruce. He has divided the book in four parts, the introduction, which is considered to be the first section of the book, it is brief and it emphases on the declaration of terminology which are related to the discussions. The second part discusses the canonization of the Old Testament. F.F Bruce expands the written explanations from the New testaments and the Anti- Nicene Fathers for tolerating the thing knows as TaNaKh to the Jews. He ends the dialogue with a healthy assessment of the work; that covers much base by the texts all the way through the works of the eminent minds across eighteen centuries. The next part, that is the third part is devoted to the similar sort of comprehensive responsibility for the New Testament, which extents not only vital scholars but associates and announces in demand to dismiss any concept and politics throughout the second century that were the most important factors. The last part concludes the book and reckons the standards for canonization and other mechanical matters related to the argument. The origination of the Christian Bible, the explanation of the scripture that includes the sixty-six books, when the decisions that are taken and who took the decisions, the book “ The Canon of Scripture” peruses the answers for these questions. The author discovers the history of the establishments of the Bible and clarifies a very complicated and vast process. (Bruce, 1954)



Discussion

Theme of the book

In Christianity, Old Testament called, Alliance, or Old Testament is all the writings of the Bible in Hebrew which texts are prior to the life of Jesus. The Christians believe that the Bible consists of the Old Testament and New Testament. The Old Testament includes the books of the Hebrew Bible that are Torah (Pentateuch), Nevi'im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings of Other); for Catholicism, the deuterocanonical books are in addition to the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament is part of the Bible Christian composed of a canonical ensemble authorized of books and letters written after the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. He means well from Tertullian in the Church of Christians.

The Old and New Testament names that designates the two great sections into which the Christian Bible come from a misunderstanding of the word diatheke, meaning desire or will, and agree or agreement. With this criterion in Greek diatheke would refer to the old and the new covenant of God with men more than the Scriptures themselves. The Old Testament, for most groups of Christians, ...