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Constantine's Bible:

Politics And the Making of the New Testament
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Augsburg Fortress Publ, 2007 - Religion - 224 pages
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.

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Beginning with a meticulous study of just what a canon is, Dungan offers a panoramic view of the first three centuries of Christian history and how the major players, both ecclesiastical and civil ... Read full review

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Dungan is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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TitleConstantine's Bible: Politics And the Making of the New Testament
AuthorDavid L Dungan
PublisherAugsburg Fortress Publ, 2007
ISBN0800637909, 9780800637903
Length224 pages
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Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament
Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics
Religion / Christianity / History
  
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