Kanuni ya Biblia

Kanuni ya Biblia ndiyo orodha rasmi ya vitabu vitakatifu vya Biblia kadiri ya dini au madhehebu fulani.^[1]

Neno "kanuni" limeenea kutokana na lile la Kigiriki "κανών", ambalo asili yake ni ya Kiashuru na lina maana ya "kipimo".^[2]

Kwa mfano, Wasamaria wanakubali vitabu vitano vya Torati tu, tofauti na Wayahudi ambao katika Biblia ya Kiebrania (Tanakh) wanakubali pia vitabu vya Manabii wa awali na Manabii wa baadaye pamoja na vitatu vingine, hasa Zaburi.

Upande wa Ukristo, Wakatoliki wanavyo 73 katika Agano la Kale na Agano Jipya, wakati Waprotestanti wanavyo 66 tu. Tofauti hiyo katika matoleo ya Biblia ya Kikristo inaitwa suala la Deuterokanoni.

Tazama pia

↑ McDonald, L. M. & Sanders, J. A., eds. (2002). The Canon Debate. "The Notion and Definition of Canon." pp. 29, 34. (In the article written by Eugene Ulrich, "canon" is defined as follows: "...the definitive list of inspired, authoritative books which constitute the recognized and accepted body of sacred scripture of a major religious group, that definitive list being the result of inclusive and exclusive decisions after serious deliberation." It is further defined as follows: "...the definitive, closed list of the books that constitute the authentic contents of scripture.")
↑ McDonald & Sanders, editors of The Canon Debate, 2002, The Notion and Definition of Canon by Eugene Ulrich, page 28: "The term is late and Christian ... though the idea is Jewish"; also from the Introduction on page 13: "We should be clear, however, that the current use of the term "canon" to refer to a collection of scripture books was introduced by David Ruhnken in 1768 in his Historia critica oratorum graecorum for lists of sacred scriptures. While it is tempting to think that such usage has its origins in antiquity in reference to a closed collection of scriptures, such is not the case." The technical discussion includes Athanasius's use of "kanonizomenon=canonized" and Eusebius's use of kanon and "endiathekous biblous=encovenanted books" and the Mishnaic term Sefarim Hizonim (external books).

Anchor Bible Dictionary
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Eerdmans Press
Apostolic Fathers, Lightfoot-Harmer-Holmes, ISBN 978-0-8010-5676-5
Encyclopedia of the Early Church, Oxford
Beckwith, R.T. OT Canon of the NT Church ISBN 978-0-8028-3617-5
Brakke, David. "Canon formation and social conflict in fourth century Egypt," in Harvard Theological Review 87:4 (1994) pp. 395–419. Athanasius' role in the formation of the N.T. canon.
Bruce, F.F., Canon of Scripture ISBN 978-0-8308-1258-5
Davis, L.D. First Seven Ecumenical Councils ISBN 978-0-8146-5616-7
Ferguson Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
Fox, Robin Lane. The Unauthorized Version. 1992.
Gamble. NT Canon ISBN 1-57910-909-8
Hennecke-Schneemelcher. NT Apocrypha
Jurgens, W.A. Faith of the Early Fathers ISBN 978-0-8146-5616-7
Metzger, Bruce. Canon of the NT ISBN 978-0-19-826180-3
Noll, Mark A. Turning Points. Baker Academic, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8010-6211-7
John Salza, Scripture Catholic, Septuagint references
Sundberg. OT of the Early Church Harvard Press 1964

Barnstone, Willis (ed.) The Other Bible: Ancient Alternative Scriptures. HarperCollins, 1984, ISBN 978-0-7394-8434-0.
Childs, Brevard S., The New Testament as canon: an introduction ISBN 0-334-02212-6
Gamble, Harry Y., The New Testament canon: its making and meaning ISBN 0-8006-0470-9
McDonald, Lee Martin, Forgotten Scriptures. the Selection and Rejection of Early Religious Writings, 2009, ISBN 978-0-664-23357-0
McDonald, Lee Martin, The formation of the Christian biblical canon ISBN 0-687-13293-2
McDonald, Lee Martin, Early Christianity and its sacred literature ISBN 1-56563-266-4
McDonald, Lee Martin, The Biblical canon: its origin, transmission, and authority ISBN 978-1-56563-925-6
McDonald, Lee Martin, and James A. Sanders (eds.) The canon debate ISBN 1-56563-517-5
Metzger, Bruce Manning, The Canon of the New Testament: its origin, development, and significance ISBN 0-19-826180-2
Souter, Alexander, The text and canon of the New Testament, 2nd. ed., Studies in theology; no. 25. London: Duckworth (1954)
Ned Bernhard Stonehouse, The Apocalypse in the Ancient Church: A Study in the History of the New Testament Canon, 1929
Taussig, Hal A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts, 2013
Wall, Robert W., The New Testament as canon: a reader in canonical criticism ISBN 1-85075-374-1
Westcott, Brooke Foss, A general survey of the history of the canon of the New Testament, 4th. ed, London: Macmillan (1875)

The Canon of Scripture — contains multiple links and articles
The Canons of the Old Testament and New Testament Through the Ages
Old Testament Reading Room Ilihifadhiwa 28 Agosti 2019 kwenye Wayback Machine. and New Testament Reading Room Ilihifadhiwa 13 Agosti 2019 kwenye Wayback Machine. – extensive links to online resources for OT and NT theology and history (Tyndale Seminary)
The Development of the Canon of the New Testament Ilihifadhiwa 23 Juni 2011 kwenye Wayback Machine. – includes very detailed charts and direct links to ancient witnesses
Catholic Encyclopedia: Canon of the New Testament
Jewish Encyclopedia: Bible Canon
What's in Your Bible? – a chart comparing Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Protestant canons (Bible Study Magazine, November–December 2008.)
Analysis of canonical issues in Paratext, by Neil Rees, BFBS Linguistic Computing (British and Foreign Bible Society)
Online Latter Day Saint scripture:
- The Standard Works (LDS)
- Lectures on Faith Ilihifadhiwa 28 Oktoba 2005 kwenye Wayback Machine. (early)
- The Book of Commandments (early)
- The Book of the Law of the Lord Archived 2013-10-21 at Archive-It (Strangite)
- The Word of the Lord (Brought to Mankind by an Angel) (Fettingite/Elijah Message)
- The Book of Jasher (not considered to be authoritative and not exclusively Latter Day Saint)

Vitabu vya Agano la Kale

Alama ya ^DK inaonyesha vitabu vya deuterokanoni visivyopatikana katika matoleo yote ya Biblia.

Vitabu vya Agano Jipya