By Lee Martin McDonald
Simply how did the Jewish and Christian Bibles come jointly? Why have been a few old texts excluded? Or incorporated and later rejected? What have been the criteria?>
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CE, but earliest form ca. 100 CE) Testament of Adam (Christian in current form ca. late 3rd cent. CE, but used Jewish sources from ca. 150–200 CE). 3. Expansions of Old Testament and other legends: The Letter of Aristeas (Jewish, ca. 200–150 BCE) Jubilees (Jewish, ca. 130–100 CE) Martyrdom and Ascension of Isaiah (has three sections, the first Jewish from ca. 100 BCE, and 2nd and 3rd sections are Christian. The second from ca. 2nd cent. CE, and the third— Testament of Hezekiah, ca. 90–100 CE) Joseph and Asenath (Jewish, ca.
Second century Christians responded to heresy with a canon of faith, not a biblical canon. Third, it is often assumed that whenever an ancient writer cited or quoted a particular text, that the writer regarded it as scripture. This cannot be demonstrated, however, and each quotation or citation must be considered in its own context to determine how it was used. In some cases, ancient writers cited both biblical and nonbiblical sources as they would sacred texts, but that is not always the case.
By the end of the third and early fourth centuries, many churches had already largely agreed on the sacredness of some New Testament books, though full agreement was not present in these matters. Other Christian books, for example, continued to have broad circulation and acceptance in various churches (especially The Shepherd of Hermas, The Epistle of Barnabas, The Didache, the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch and 1 & 2 Clement). In other words, initially the churches widely accepted the New Testament Gospels and seven or more letters of Paul, but did not agree on many others.