Protocanonical books
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The protocanonical books are those books of the
There are typically 39 protocanonical books in most Christian bibles, which correspond to the 24 books in the Jewish Tanakh.
List
The list of protocanonical books is
Enumeration
These books are typically 39 in number in most English-language bibles. Based on the Jewish tradition of the
These enumerations were sometimes given a numerological significance.
Early variants
Most of the protocanonical books were broadly accepted among early Christians. However, some were omitted by a few of the earliest
Apart from the extreme example of the Marcionites, isolated disagreements over certain books' canonicity continued for centuries.
New Testament
By analogy with the early and broad acceptance of many of the Hebrew and
References
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Sources
- Ehrman, Bart D. (2005). Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew. ISBN 9780195182491.