You know of any good books on how we got our Bible and why we leave certain books out? I have two people who want to know a good book about this. I have read how we got our books, but I don’t have those books anymore. I can’t remember as it has been such a long time.<\/p>\n\t
My favorite book on this topic is\u00a0Inspiration and Canonicity of the Bible<\/em> by L. Harris. It is out of print, but it is a good book if you can find a copy. Neil Lightfoot’s\u00a0How We Got the Bible<\/em>\u00a0is easier to read, but still a good source. One I haven’t read, but which looks good is\u00a0Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text and Canon<\/em>\u00a0by Authur Patzia.<\/p>\n For something online, try\u00a0The Canon and Extra-Canonical Writings.<\/a><\/p>\n For some things that I have written, try:<\/p>\nCan We Trust the Text of the Bible?<\/a> Question: You know of any good books on how we got our Bible and why we leave certain books out? I have two people who want to know a good book about this. I have read how we got our books, but I don’t have those books anymore. I can’t remember as it has been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[219,130],"class_list":["post-12926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-bible","tag-canon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18117,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/who-are-you-to-decide-which-books-belong-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":12926,"position":0},"title":"Who are you to decide which books belong in the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I read your article on the internet and I think you need to re-read genisis concerning the giants and the fallen angels,\u00a0sir. 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\nThe New Testament Canon<\/a>
\nCanon of the Old Testament (Part 1)<\/a>
\nCanon of the Old Testament (Part 2)<\/a>
\nThe Apocrypha<\/a>
\nThe Book of Enoch<\/a>
\nThe Prison Letters<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"