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The New Testament Canon in Contemporary Research.

In Benjamin Laird, Brill, Canon, Ched Spellman, Stanley E. Porter, Transmission history on September 1, 2026 at 8:37 pm

2026.09.07 | Stanley Porter and Benjamin P. Laird, eds. The New Testament Canon in Contemporary Research. Leiden: Brill, 2026. 656 pp., $185.00. 

Review by Ched Spellman, Cedarville University

Stanley E. Porter and Benjamin P. Laird’s edited volume, The New Testament Canon in Contemporary Research, provides a wide-ranging examination of the historical formation, content, and reception of the New Testament canon. Bringing together twenty-three essays from scholars representing several different perspectives, the volume is organized around three major areas: the formation of the canon, the components of the canon, and the witnesses to the canon. 

The first part considers the forces that contributed to canon formation, including inspiration, apostolicity, catholicity, the rule of faith, Gnosticism, Marcion, theological controversy, and ecclesiastical decisions. It also addresses the disputed chronology of canon formation, including competing arguments concerning when a recognizable core emerged and when the twenty-seven book New Testament became established.

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Paul and Ancient Rhetoric

In Bryan Dyer, Cambridge University Press, Emanuel Conțac, Graeco-Roman Backgrounds, Paul, review, Rhetorical Strategies, Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation, Stanley E. Porter on December 22, 2017 at 4:00 pm

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2017.12.28 | Stanley Porter and Bryan R. Dyer (editors), Paul and Ancient Rhetoric: Theory and Practice in the Hellenistic Context, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xviii + 330 pp. 

Reviewed by Emanuel Conțac, Pentecostal Theological Institute of Bucharest

Almost forty years have passed since Hans Dieter Betz published his landmark commentary on Galatians (1979) which marked the blossoming of a new approach to the text of Paul’s letters.

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