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TitleConstantine's Bible : Politics and the making of the New Testament
AuthorDungan, David L.
Call No220.12 DUN
CollectionNon Fiction
Copy No1
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International Standard Book Number 9780334041054
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 220.12 DUN
Personal Name Dungan, David L.
Title Statement Constantine's Bible : Politics and the making of the New Testament
Physical Description 224p.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Formatted Contents Note What a canon of scripture is and isn't The Greek polis and the demand for accuracy Greek polis ideology within Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity The influence of Greek philosophy upon Early Christianity Eusebius' ecclesiastical history reveals the full method of the Orthodox.
Summary, Etc. Most college and seminary courses on the New Testament include discussions of the process that gave shape to the New Testament. David Dungan re-examines the primary source for the history, the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth-century Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, in the light of Hellenistic political thought. He reaches 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. He describes the consequences of the emperor Constantine's tremendous achievement in transforming orthodox, Catholic Christianity into imperial Christianity. --From publisher's description.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term CHURCH HISTORY - PRIMITIVE & EARLY CHURCH ca.30-600.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term BIBLE - CANON - HISTORY.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term CONSTANTINE I, THE GREAT, EMPEROR OF ROME.