{"product_id":"constantines-bible-9780334041054","title":"Constantine's Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mira Grant\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: SCM Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: SCM Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating intervention to a long debated question of Canon, David L Dungan re-examines the primary source for this historical debate, the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth-century Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, and in the light of Hellenistic political thought, he puts forward a convincing and startling new conclusion. Dungan proposes that we usually use the term \"canon\" incorrectly; that the legal imposition of a \"canon\" or \"rule\" upon scripture was a fourth- and fifth-century phenomenon, enforced with the power of the Roman imperial government. He argues that the forces shaping the New Testament canon are much earlier than the second-century crisis occasioned by Marcion, and that they are, ultimately, political forces. Constantine's Bible provides readers - both students and scholars alike -with a summary of how the scripture selection process worked, book-bybook, as well as an examination of the criteria used - and not used - to make these decisions. Finally Constantine's Bible describes the consequences of the emperor Constantine's tremendous achievement in transforming orthodox, Catholic Christianity into imperial Christianity. David L Dungan is Professor of Religion at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SCM Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891996082327,"sku":"9780334041054","price":2173.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780334041054.webp?v=1781185409","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/constantines-bible-9780334041054","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}