{"product_id":"book-gre0","title":"The Question of Canon","description":"\u003cb\u003eDid the New Testament canon arise naturally from within the early Christian faith? Were the books \u003ci\u003ewritten\u003c\/i\u003e as Scripture, or did they \u003ci\u003ebecome\u003c\/i\u003e Scripture? Why did early Christians have a canon at all?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the types of questions that led Michael J. Kruger to pick apart modern scholarship's dominant view that the New Testament is a late creation of the church imposed on books originally written for another purpose. Calling into question this commonly held \"extrinsic\" view, Kruger tackles the five most prevalent objections to the classic understanding of a collection of authoritative scriptures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKruger addresses foundational and paradigmatic assumptions of the extrinsic model as he provides powerful rebuttals and further support for the classic, \"intrinsic\" view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike many books written on the emergence of the New Testament canon that ask \"when?\" or \"how?\" Kruger focuses this work on the \"why?\"—exposing weaknesses in the five major tenets of the extrinsic model as he goes. While \u003ci\u003eThe Question of Canon\u003c\/i\u003e scrutinizes today's popular scholastic view, it also offers an alternative concept to lay a better empirical foundation for biblical canon studies.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49356492472624,"sku":"BDgre0","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49356492538160,"sku":"ZEgre0","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49356492603696,"sku":"ZMgre0","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gre0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780196140","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gre0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}