Thursday, November 2, 2023

Lee Martin McDonald on the Old Testament Canon in Athanasius' 39th Festal Letter

  

Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 367): In his 39th Festal Letter, the OT includes in Jeremiah Baruch, Lamentations, and Epistle of Jeremiah. Daniel includes Susanna and possibly Bel and the Dragon. Athanasius excludes Esther. (Lee Martin McDonald, Before There was a Bible: Authorities in Early Christianity [London: T&T Clark, 2023], 164)

 

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