The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate

Written by Michael J. Kruger

Narrated by Brian P. Craig

Did the New Testament canon arise naturally from within the early Christian faith? Were the books written as Scripture, or did they become Scripture? Why did early Christians have a canon at all?

These 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.

Kruger addresses foundational and paradigmatic assumptions of the extrinsic model as he provides powerful rebuttals and further support for the classic, "intrinsic" view.

Unlike 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 The Question of Canon scrutinizes today's popular scholastic view, it also offers an alternative concept to lay a better empirical foundation for biblical canon studies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Dec 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765074824

Michael J. Kruger

Michael J. Kruger (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the president and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a leading scholar on the origins and development of the New Testament canon. He blogs regularly at michaeljkruger.com.

Reviews for The Question of Canon

[Kris · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good substance. Excellent philosophical precision. A book every Christian should own

[Edgar Sala · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Please read this book. Not only gives good and practical basis for understanding the New Testament canon, but also gives really good arguments for grasping a better understanding of Sola Scriptura. I know the later is not the purpose of the book, but the foundation is useful