See also:

• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Bible: History  (155)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Bible: References and Tools: Literature  (40)

Bible Study: Which Bible? Whose Canon? -  .

- Gives list for the canons for the various churches and other religious groups - including the Samaritans.

Anabaptists: How the Canon of the Bible Came to Us - - The authority of Scripture and the choice of a canon. Not all the information is written by Anabaptists, although the information is on their site.

Athanasius: Festal Letter 39 (Excerpts) - - In this historic letter written for Easter 367 A.D., the Bishop of Alexandria mentions all the books of the Bible in their current order.

The Bible, Church, Tradition, & Canon - - Articles and resources.

A Brief History of the Apocrypha - - A Protestant look at the canon with lists of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Old Testament books. It points out that much of our Christian culture comes from the Apocrypha.

The Canon of Scripture - - Detailed information on the history of the canon of the Bible.

The Canon of the New Testament - - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society article by Simon Kistemaker provides historical survey and affirms the traditional canon. [PDF.

Canon of The Old Testament - - A look at how Catholics arrived at the current collection of Old Testament books.

Catholic Encyclopedia: Apocrypha - - A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book.

The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - - A survey of the development of the New Testament over the first 4 centuries.

Evangelicals and The Canon of the New Testament - - Questions the process by which evangelicals have judged the canon.

The Formation of the New Testament Canon - - A survey of the evidence based primarily on the testimony of the early Church Fathers. [PDF.

The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures: Loose Canons - - An article by Philip R. Davies subtitled "Reflections on the Formation of the Hebrew Bible..

Luther's View of the Canon - - James Swan presents ten common misconceptions.

The Old Testament of the Early Church Revisited - - Critical perspective by Albert Sundberg, Jr.