Those Other Religious Texts In our last lesson we considered the concept of the biblical canon. But there are other books that some claim are authoritative religious texts, and some that ought to be in our Bible. What are we to think about all those other books? How can we know that the Bible we hold in our hands contains the right books? What are the three tests for reliability of any ancient text? Why do Protestant Christians not consider the Old Testament apocryphal books to be part of the canon? What are the two categories of New Testament apocryphal literature? What are the three “Cs” for determining the apostolic origin of a text? What are the Nag Hammadi texts, and why were they not included in the New Testament canon?
Lesson 31: Review Questions
Lesson 31: Lesson Notes
Handout: The Old Testament Apocrypha

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