b'BIBLICAL STUDIESFIVE VIEWS ON THE NEW TESTAMENT CANONSTANLEY E. PORTER & BENJAMIN P. LAIRD, EDITORSVIEWPOINTSWhat historical, political, and ecclesial realities drove the canonization of the New Testament?As this question demonstrates, the enduring influence of the New Testament does not lessen the dispute over the events and factors leading to its adoption. Five Views on the New Testament Canon presents five distinct ways of understanding how the New Testament came to be:A Conservative Evangelical Perspective - Darian R. LockettA Progressive Evangelical Perspective - David R. NienhuisA Liberal Protestant Perspective - Jason David BeDuhnA Roman Catholic Perspective - Ian BoxallAn Orthodox Perspective - George L. ParseniosStanleyE.Porter(PhD,UniversityofSheffield)isPresident,Dean, ProfessorofNewTestament,andRoyA.HopeChairinChristian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College. Porter is the editor of more than 80 volumes and author of 28 books on various topics in New Testament 978-0-8254-4727-3$24.99 and related subjects, including How We Got the New Testament. Porter has Paperback5.5 x 8.5288 pages published more than 300 articles, chapters, and related writings, and he RELIGION / Biblical Criticism &KREGEL speaks regularly at major conferences and other venues globally.Interpretation / New Testament A C A D E M I CKregel AcademicRights: World Benjamin P. Laird(PhD, University of Aberdeen) serves as Associate Available Now Professor of Biblical Studies at the John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Liberty University. He is the author of the forthcoming volume The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation.THREE VIEWS ON ISRAELFOUR VIEWS ON THE WARNING PASSAGES IN AND THE CHURCHHEBREWS978-0-8254-4406-7$21.99 978-0-8254-2132-7$32.99kregel.com/academic9'