The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
In Judaism the canonization of the Old Testament and Mishnah went hand in hand with creating the institution of the rabbinate. In Christianity the canonization of the New Testament went hand in hand with the creation of a unified Christian church. Christians trusted church officials—like Bishop Athanasius—because of what they read in the New Testam
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Thus, while the Christians' Bible used an order of Old Testament books that predates the rise of Christianity, it did so because that order served Christian purposes well.
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The chapter numbers now found in Bibles are not integral to the text. Rather, they date from the…
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