New Testament – Additional Resources

Further Reading:

Jason BeDuhn, The First New Testament: Marcion’s Scriptural Canon (Polebridge, 2013).

David Brakke, “Canon Formation and Social Conflict in Fourth Century Egypt: Athanasius of Alexandria’s Thirty Ninth Festal Letter,” Harvard Theological Review 87 (1994)395–419.

J.K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation Based on M.R. James (Oxford: Clarendon, 1993).

Hans Josef Klauck, Apocryphal Gospels: An Introduction (London T&T Clark, 2003).

Helmut Koester, Ancient Christian Gospels: Their History and Development (London: SCM; Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990).

L. M. MacDonald and J. M. Sanders, eds., The Canon Debate (Hendrickson, 2002).
Wilhelm Schneemelcher, New Testament Apocrypha (2 vols.); Cambridge: Clarke; Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991-92).

Hans von Campenhausen, Formation of the Christian Bible (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973).

Articles: (click to view)

• Canon of the New Testament, at Catholic Encyclopedia
• Establishing the New Testament Canon, at lifeway.com
• The Canon of the New Testament, by F.F. Bruce

Charts: (click to view)

Timeline of NT Canon, at Google Images