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The Biblical Canon by Matthew Y. Emerson
Baker Academic · New release

The Biblical Canon

A Theological Account

Matthew Y. Emerson

Baker Academic · Biblical Studies
Released October 27, 2026 · ISBN 9781540963017

About the book

Emerson argues the canon is not merely a historical artifact the church stumbled into but a theological reality God gave. A confessional account of why these books, and why that question belongs to dogmatics as much as to history.

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