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Article: Constantine's Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament.(Book review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- August 1, 2009
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Constantine's Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament. By David L. Dungan. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007. xii and 224 pages. Paper. $17.00.
This is really two books wrapped into one. In discussing canon, David Dungan, on the one hand, sets the establishment of the Christian canon into the framework of the process of scripture collections among world religions (chapters one and seven), and, on the other, provides a clear and concise historical presentation of the development of the Christian Bible through the time of the Emperor Constantine (chapters two through six).
Those conversant with The Da Vinci Code might give pause with Dungan's ...