02458cam a2200373Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036015001900077016001800096020001800114020001500132035002100147040006300168049000900231050002200240082001600262100003100278245010600309246002200415246007400437260007700511300002300588500001200611504006700623505045400690520066901144630003401813630005401847856006001901942001201961999001701973952009401990ocn173283705OCoLC20221031064746.0070925s2007    enk      b    001 0 eng d  aGBA8506602bnb7 a0145107982Uk  a9780852346501  a0852346506  a(OCoLC)173283705  aSGBbengcSGBdUKMdMRTdOCLCAdOCLCQdOCLCOdUKMGBdZAAPA  aZAAA 4aBS2320b.E39 200704a225 EDW2221 aEdwards, Brianq(Brian H.)10aWhy 27? :bHow can we be sure that we have the right books in the New Testament? /cBrian H. Edwards.30aWhy twenty seven?30aHow can we be sure that we have the right books in the New Testament?  aDarlington, England ;aWebster, New York :bEvangelical Press,c�2007.  a253 pages ;c22 cm  aNbl-09.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.0 aGlossary of terms -- Entering the debate -- The Jews and their Bible : the idea of a canon -- The church and its Bible -- A good read for the churches -- What did the Fathers say? -- The growth of the canon -- A library of lies -- A bad read by the Nile -- Where are the manuscripts? -- More bits and pieces -- An epilogue -- Appendix 1 : Church Fathers -- Appendix 2 : A selection of collected canons -- Appendix 3 : A select bibliography -- Notes.  aFollowing the release of The Da Vinci Code book and film and the discovery of the Gospel of Judas, the age-old debate surrounding the authenticity of the books of the New Testament is raging yet again. So why are there just twenty-seven books, and why were those particular twenty-seven chosen? Brian Edwards skilfully answers these questions, asserting that the inclusion of these books was never really in doubt. When the history, age and content of the manuscripts are looked at fairly and objectively the evidence is overwhelming, which is why, despite centuries of examination and criticism, the canon of the New Testament still stands unscathed. - Publisher.00aBible.pNew TestamentxCanon.00aBible.pNew TestamentxCriticism, Textual.95615842uhttp://www.evangelicalpress.orgzEvangelical Press (EP)  2ddccBK  c33997d33997  00102ddc4071aDAPAbDAPAd2015-11-20l0o225 EDWpAPA038424r2015-11-20t1w2015-11-20