{"product_id":"9781451406122","title":"Constantine's Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament","description":"Most college and seminary courses on the New Testament include discussions of the process that gave shape to the New Testament. Now David Dungan re-examines the primary source for this history, the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth-century Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, in the light of Hellenistic political thought. He reaches startling new conclusions: 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; that the forces shaping the New Testament canon are much earlier than the second-century crisis occasioned by Marcion, and that they are political forces.\u003cp\u003eDungan discusses how the scripture selection process worked, book-by-book, as he examines the criteria used-and not used-to make these decisions. Finally he describes the consequences of the emperor Constantine's tremendous achievement in transforming orthodox, Catholic Christianity into imperial Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Augsburg Fortress, Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128598806768,"sku":"9781451406122","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451406122_p0.jpg?v=1763841664","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451406122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}