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How Do We Know Which Books Belong in the Bible?

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September 4, 2025

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It's all well and good to say that the Bible is God's Word, but if you don't know which books are meant to be in said Bible, things get a little tricky. The thing is, determining the canon is a notoriously difficult theological question.

In this video, I look at several models of canonical identification and evaluate the merits of each.

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