The Canon of the Bible is a classic bible study text by Samuel Davidson. The substance of the present work was written toward the close of the year 1875 for the new edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Having been abridged and mutilated, contrary to the author's wishes, before its publication there, he resolved to print it entire. With that view it has undergone repeated revision with enlargement in different parts, and been made as complete as the limits of an essay appeared to allow. As nothing of importance has been knowingly omitted, the writer hopes it will be found a comprehensive...
The Canon of the Bible is a classic bible study text by Samuel Davidson. The substance of the present work was written toward the close of the year 18...
It has not been the writer's purpose in this bible study to chronicle phases of opinion, or to refute what he believes to be error in the newest hypotheses about the age, authority, and composition of the bible. His aim has been rather to set forth the most correct view of the questions involved in a history of the canon, whether it be more or less recent.
It has not been the writer's purpose in this bible study to chronicle phases of opinion, or to refute what he believes to be error in the newest hypot...
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