Constantine's Bible : politics and the making of the New Testament /

Dungan, David L.

Constantine's Bible : politics and the making of the New Testament / David L. Dungan. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2007. - xii, 224 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-214) and index.

What a canon of scripture is and isn't -- The Greek polis and the demand for accuracy -- Greek polis ideology within Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity -- The influence of Greek philosophy upon -- Early Christianity -- Eusebius' ecclesiastical history reveals the full method of the Orthodox.

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Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337.
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340.


Bible--Canon--History.


Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BS465.D86 2007 / 14120

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