Review of David Trobisch, On the Origin of Christian Scripture: The Evolution of the New Testament Canon in the Second Century (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2023).

In this fascinating book, Trobisch proposes that the canonical edition of the 27-book New Testament had a single, mid-2nd century editor who used a consistent system of nomina sacra (8) and who divided the 27 books into four volumes (a 4-gospel collection, an Acts-Catholic epistles section, 14 letters of Paul, and Revelation). 82. It was a collection using first-century “apostolic” voices for second-century concerns. 58.

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