Canon Revisited: Establishing the origins and authority of the New Testament books

2012Michael J. Kruger

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author	Kruger, Michael J.
title	Canon Revisited: Establishing the origins and authority of the New Testament books
imprint	Wheaton, USA: Crossway
year	2012
isbn	978-1-4335-0500-3

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externally authenticated canonical models

… canon: even supposing that the belief is a true belief, Christians have no way of knowing that it is true.^* In other words, Christians are not warranted in holding the belief rationally, since there is no justification for it. Though …

Michael J. Kruger, Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books (Wheaton, USA: Crossway, 2012). q.v.

… Testament canon can be reliably formed,” and that such a canon can function as the church’s ultimate rule and authority.^* In this way, the Scripture is self-authenticating.

Kruger, 94. q.v.

… understand the canon as something “established or constituted by the people—either individually or corporately—who have received these books as Scripture.”^* The New Testament books are canonical not because of intrinsic qualities of the text but because the community has responded …

… understand the canon as something “established or constituted by the people—either individually or corporately—who have received these books as Scripture.”^* The New Testament books are canonical not because of intrinsic qualities of the text but because the community has responded …

… understand the canon as something “established or constituted by the people—either individually or corporately—who have received these books as Scripture.”^* The New Testament books are canonical not because of intrinsic qualities of the text but because the community has responded …

Kruger, 29–30. q.v.

Kruger, 66. q.v.

Kruger, 66. q.v.

… problematic material, said Kurt Aland in 1962, hence one must unearth the “canon within the canon” containing the genuine “core.”^* The methodologies are typically shared with historical-critical scholarship, and the search for the “historical” Jesus has all but consumed the …

… problematic material, said Kurt Aland in 1962, hence one must unearth the “canon within the canon” containing the genuine “core.”^* The methodologies are typically shared with historical-critical scholarship, and the search for the “historical” Jesus has all but consumed the …

… problematic material, said Kurt Aland in 1962, hence one must unearth the “canon within the canon” containing the genuine “core.”^* The methodologies are typically shared with historical-critical scholarship, and the search for the “historical” Jesus has all but consumed the …

… problematic material, said Kurt Aland in 1962, hence one must unearth the “canon within the canon” containing the genuine “core.”^* The methodologies are typically shared with historical-critical scholarship, and the search for the “historical” Jesus has all but consumed the …

… problematic material, said Kurt Aland in 1962, hence one must unearth the “canon within the canon” containing the genuine “core.”^* The methodologies are typically shared with historical-critical scholarship, and the search for the “historical” Jesus has all but consumed the …

Kruger, 68. q.v.

Kruger, 70. q.v.

Kruger, 72–73. q.v.

Kruger, 79. q.v.

Kruger, 87. q.v.

… flaw of these models is that “they all ground the authority of the canon in something outside the canon itself.”^* A canon which supposedly bears the very of authority of God, who is above all and “[swears] by himself”, cannot …

… flaw of these models is that “they all ground the authority of the canon in something outside the canon itself.”^* A canon which supposedly bears the very of authority of God, who is above all and “[swears] by himself”, cannot …

… flaw of these models is that “they all ground the authority of the canon in something outside the canon itself.”^* A canon which supposedly bears the very of authority of God, who is above all and “[swears] by himself”, cannot …

Kruger, 88. q.v.

Kruger, Canon Revisited, 91. q.v.

Kruger, 90, emphasis mine. q.v.
components of the self-authenticating canonical model

… argues that “God has created the proper epistemic environment wherein belief in the New Testament canon can be reliably formed.”^* Recall that the question at hand is the de jure objection: even supposing that the New Testament canon is true, …

Michael J. Kruger, Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books (Wheaton, USA: Crossway, 2012), 94. q.v.

… redemptive-historical activity is to redeem a covenant community and then “give them covenantal documents that testify to that redemption.”^* And he is, of course, quite able to accomplish his intent. We can know, then, that the church at least …

Kruger, Canon Revisited, 104, emphasis mine. q.v.

… therefore bear witness to their divine creator, the Scripture as God’s handiwork must also bear the imprints of his authorship.”^* These marks can be found in Scripture’s beauty, its efficacy, and its harmony, as say the Westminster Divines: “the heavenliness …

Kruger, 99. q.v.

… indicator of their canonicity. Indeed, the church’s reception is “a natural and inevitable outworking of the self-authenticating nature of Scripture.”^* The self-authenticating view means furthermore that, as Bavinck writes, “the testimony of the Holy Spirit is not a private opinion …

… indicator of their canonicity. Indeed, the church’s reception is “a natural and inevitable outworking of the self-authenticating nature of Scripture.”^* The self-authenticating view means furthermore that, as Bavinck writes, “the testimony of the Holy Spirit is not a private opinion …

Kruger, Canon Revisited, 106. q.v.

Kruger, 107. q.v.

… Testament books are the “authoritative apostolic interpretation” of that “particular historical epoch in which God has acted in Jesus Christ.”^* For Christ entrusted his message to his apostles, saying, “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who …

… Testament books are the “authoritative apostolic interpretation” of that “particular historical epoch in which God has acted in Jesus Christ.”^* For Christ entrusted his message to his apostles, saying, “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who …

… Testament books are the “authoritative apostolic interpretation” of that “particular historical epoch in which God has acted in Jesus Christ.”^* For Christ entrusted his message to his apostles, saying, “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who …

Kruger, 110. q.v.

Kruger, Canon Revisited, 109. q.v.; cf. Lk. 1:1–4; Rom. 6:17; 1 Cor. 11:23; 15:3; Gal. 1:9; Phil. 4:9; Col. 2:6–8; 1 Th. 2:13–15; 1 …

Kruger, 109. q.v.
canon revisited

… whether or not Christian belief in the authority and inspiration of the New Testament canon is true or false belief.^* Though this is important, the question at hand is a de jure one: whether or not Christians can have a …

… whether or not Christian belief in the authority and inspiration of the New Testament canon is true or false belief.^* Though this is important, the question at hand is a de jure one: whether or not Christians can have a …

… whether or not Christian belief in the authority and inspiration of the New Testament canon is true or false belief.^* Though this is important, the question at hand is a de jure one: whether or not Christians can have a …

Michael J. Kruger, Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books (Wheaton, USA: Crossway, 2012). q.v.

Kruger, 92. q.v.

Kruger, 92. q.v.

… blindly. There is no religiously neutral approach to historical study, just as there is no religiously neutral approach to anything.^* The world is not divided into those who import religiosity into scholarship and those who remain somehow outside religion; it …

Kruger, 78. q.v.

… “broader methodological, epistemological, [and] theological” commitments, which in the context of the present question Kruger calls the canonical model.^* One’s canonical model gives rise to the process or system by which books are determined or authenticated to be canonical …

… “broader methodological, epistemological, [and] theological” commitments, which in the context of the present question Kruger calls the canonical model.^* One’s canonical model gives rise to the process or system by which books are determined or authenticated to be canonical …

Kruger, 28. q.v.

Kruger, Canon Revisited, 22. q.v.