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it refers to Jewish scripture
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that Christians accepted, followers of Jesus accepted
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as their own.
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The oldest materials that we have for Christianity
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and so what the lecture today is going to be about is
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how did the particular twenty-seven books that came to be
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the New Testament canon, how did those get chosen?
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By whom -- who made the decision?
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When did they make the decision?
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And what were the criteria they used?
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Why did they allow some books in and other books not in?
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The oldest written materials of Christianity