In His Grasp - Bible

A Brief History of the Apocrypha - http://www.gnte.org/ecopub/apocrypha.htm
A Protestant look at the canon with lists of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Old Testament books. It points out that much of our Christian culture comes from the Apocrypha.

Anabaptists: How the Canon of the Bible Came to Us - http://www.anabaptists.org/history/howwegot.html
The authority of Scripture and the choice of a canon. Not all the information is written by Anabaptists, although the information is on their site.

Canon of The Old Testament - http://www.netacc.net/~mafg/bible01.htm
A look at how Catholics arrived at the current collection of Old Testament books.

Catholic Encylopedia: Apocrypha - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm
A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book.

Evangelicals and The Canon of the New Testament - http://www.bible.org/docs/theology/biblio/canon.htm
Questions the process by which evangelicals have judged the canon.

Luther vs. the Canon of the Bible - http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ325.HTM
Asserts that Martin Luther cavalierly regarded some books of the Bible in an arbitrary and arrogant manner.

Luther's View of the Canon - http://www.ntrmin.org/Luther%20and%20the%20canon%202.htm
James Swan presents ten common misconceptions.

The Canon of the Bible - http://members.aol.com/bob78999/canon.html
A survey of the history of the Protestant Bible.

The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - http://www.ntcanon.org/
A survey of the development of the New Testament over the first 4 centuries.

The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures: Loose Canons - http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/Articles/article5.htm
An article by Philip R. Davies subtitled "Reflections on the Formation of the Hebrew Bible."

The Old Testament of the Early Church Revisited - http://department.monm.edu/classics/Speel_Festschrift/sundbergJr.htm
Critical perspective by Albert Sundberg, Jr.

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