01311nam a2200133Ia 4500008004100000041000800041050002300049100002100072245004900093260004100142300002300183505095400206650001701160231021s9999    xx            000 0 und d  aeng  aBS465 b.B582 1961  aBarclay, William 4aThe Making of the Bibleb /cWilliam Barclay  aNew York : bAbingdon Press, c1961   a95 p. b; c20 cm.  aThe making of the Old Testament -- The three sections -- The grandeur of the law -- The starting-point of scripture -- Some discrepancies -- The holiness code -- Other additions -- The prophets -- The prophets established -- The writings -- The people of the book -- The emergence of sacred scripture -- The Making of the New Testament -- The Old Testament, a Christian book -- Apostles, the living books -- End of the oral tradition -- The need of a written literature -- The words of Jesus -- The "forms" of the gospel -- How the New Testament emerged -- The apostolic authority -- The first Christian books -- Collecting Paul's letters -- Making the collection -- The gospels win their place -- A written gospel -- Authoritative and Sacred -- Discarding the Old Testament? -- The Church's decision -- Closing the books -- The final completion -- The final test -- Authority of the books -- Does the book speak of Christ? Faith in a living Savior.  aBible Canon.