Friday, September 29, 2017

Bibliography

The posts on this blog are adapted from lectures given in 2013 at the West Street Church of Christ in Hillssdale, MI.  Any mistakes are my own.

Bibliography:

The Canon of the New Testament
      Bruce M. Metzger, Oxford, 1987

The Canon of Scripture
      F.F. Bruce, InterVarsity Press, 1988

The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
      F.F. Bruce, InterVarsity Press, 1943

The Text Of The Old Testament
      Ernst Wurthwein, Erdmans, 1979 (translated by Erroll F. Rhodes)

History of the Bible in English
      F. F. Bruce, Oxford, 1978

The Books and the Parchments
      F.F. Bruce, Fleming H. Revell, 1963

The Text of the New Testament

      Bruce M. Metzger, Oxford, 1964



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