Biblical canon
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A biblical canon is a set of texts which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible.
A scroll of the Book of Esther, one of the five megillot of the Tanakh
The Abisha Scroll, the oldest scroll among the Samaritans in Nablus
A manuscript page from P46, an early 3rd-century collection of Pauline epistles
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New Testament
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The New Testament is the second division of the Christian Bible. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events relating to first-century Christianity. The first division, known as
Biblical canon
…Hebrew Bible divided into 39 (Protestant) or 46 (Catholic [including deuterocanonical works]) books that are ordered differently. The second part is the New Testament, almost always containing 27 books: the four canonical gospels, Acts of the Apostles, 21 Epistles or letters and the Book of Revelation. The Catholic…
Evangelist Mathäus und der Engel, by Rembrandt, 1661
Saint Paul Writing His Epistles by Valentin de Boulogne (c. 1618–1620). Most scholars think Paul actually dictated his letters to a secretary.
Papyrus Bodmer VIII, at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, showing 1 and 2 Peter.
The Codex Regius (L or 019), an 8th-century Greek manuscript of the New Testament with strong affinities to Codex Vaticanus.