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041			_aeng
050			_aBS465 _b.B582 1961
100			_aBarclay, William
245		4	_aThe Making of the Bible _b / _cWilliam Barclay
260			_aNew York : _bAbingdon Press, _c1961
300			_a95 p. _b; _c20 cm.
505			_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.
650			_aBible Canon.
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