{"product_id":"9780334041054","title":"Constantine's Bible","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Dungan, David L.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBiblical studies \u0026amp; exegesis\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 22 December 2006 by SCM PRESS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 238 pages\u003cbr\u003e216 x 140\u003cp\u003eMost college and seminary courses on the New Testament include discussions of the process that gave shape to the New Testament. Now, David Dungan re-examines the primary source for this history, the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth-century Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, in the light of Hellenistic political thought. He reaches startling new conclusions: that we usually use the term 'canon' incorrectly; that the legal imposition of a 'canon' or 'rule' upon scripture was a fourth- and fifth-century phenomenon enforced with the power of the Roman imperial government; and that the forces shaping the New Testament canon are much earlier than the second-century crisis occasioned by Marcion, and that they are political forces. Dungan discusses how the scripture selection process worked, book-by-book, as he examines the criteria used - and not used - to make these decisions. Finally, he describes the consequences of the emperor Constantine's tremendous achievement in transforming orthodox, Catholic Christianity into imperial Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dungan, David L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666320003256,"sku":"9780334041054","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780334041054.jpg?v=1734739802","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780334041054","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}