Canon Revisited: Establishing The Origins And Authority Of The New Testament Books

by Michael J. Kruger

Critics of biblical Christianity have long recognized the significance of the canon question and have therefore focused much of their scholarly energies on that very issue.

This volume is concerned with the narrow question of whether Christians have a rational basis (i.e., intellectually sufficient grounds) for affirming that only these twenty-seven books rightfully belong in the New Testament canon. Or, put differently, is the Christian belief in the canon justified (or warranted)?

This objection argues that the Christian belief in the canon is intellectually unacceptable on the grounds that it is a false belief.

for example, these books cannot be from God because they contradict each other,

First, this volume is not attempting somehow to “prove” the truth of the canon to the skeptic in a manner that would be persuasive to him.