The formation of the Christian biblical canon / Lee Martin McDonald.

1. The Bible as canon
The Bible as sacred scripture
Which biblical text is canon?
2. Scripture and canon
The notion of scripture
The notion of canon
3. The Christian Old Testament
The OT as scripture
The Greek OT
THe Alexandrian canon of the OT scriptures
Jamnia and the Christian OT
The authority of the OT
4. The recognition of Christian writings as scripture
From oral tradition to written documents
From written documents to scripture
Marcion and an early canon
Justin and the roots of a Christian Bible
Irenaeus and the principle of "canon"
5. Factors limiting the scope of the New Testament canon
The canon of Irenaeus
The Montanists
The Gnostics
The burning of sacred books
Constantine and the call to uniformity
Summary
6. Ancient collections of Christian scriptures
Marcion
Valentinus
Irenaeus
Tertullian
Clement of Alexandria
Origen
Eusebius
The Muratorian Fragment
Athanasius of Alexandria
Cyril of Jerusalem
Other related lists
Summary
7. The criteria for a NT canon: Another look
Apostolicity
"Orthodoxy"
Antiquity
Inspiration
use
8. Final reflections.