The New Testament As Canon: An Introduction

Brevard S. Childs, Professor of Old Testament at the Divinity School, Yale University is renowned for his innovative approach to biblical study. In this book, he presents an introduction to the New Testament as Canon. He addresses the role of the canon with the New Testament, the canon as an historical and theological problem, the rationale of a canonical approach and the methodology of canonical exegesis. He then moves on the individual books of the New Testament explicating the canonical approach to the exegesis of each book.