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Title	Notes
The Development of the Canon of the New Testament	Glenn Davis
The Canon of the New Testament	F. F. Bruce, Chapter 3 in The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (5th edition; Leicester: Intervarsity Press, 1959)
God's Canon	Steve Hays - These chapters were mostly written in response to Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox attacks on the Protestant canon of Scripture.
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?	F.F. Bruce
The Authenticity of 2 Peter	Michael J. Kruger - Journal of Evangelical Theology
The Formation of the New Testament Canon	Stephen Voorwinde
How the Biblical Canon Was Chosen	The Bible: The Book That Bridges the Millennia
The Canon Of The New Testament	Roger Nicole, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40.2 (March 1997): 199-206.
Doctrine of the Bible: Canonicity	Valley Bible Church
The Concept and Importance of Canonicity	Greg Bahnsen
A Brief Introduction to the Canon and Ancient Versions of Scripture	Michael Marlowe
The Development of the Canon of the New Testament	Bruce M. Metzger, Wilhelm Schneemelcher created by Glenn Davis
Was the New Testament Influenced by Pagan Religions? (.pdf)	Ronald Nash
The Canon and Biblical Authority	John C. Peckham (Trinity Journal, 2007) - A Critical Comparison of Two Models of Canonicity
Scripture, Tradition and Church: An Historical Survey	A.N.S. Lane (pdf)
The Lord Gave the Word: A Study in the History of the Biblical Text	Malcolm H. Watts
Has the Bible Been Changed? The Science of Textual Criticism	John Stevenson
The Hebrew Text of the Old Testament	from Bible Reseacher
The Origin and History of the Bible	Fred Ragland
How We Got our Bible	Mike Vlach - A class in outline form detailing the orgins of the Bible.
The Marcions have landed! A Warning for Evangelicals	Carl Trueman
History of the Bible	Herbert Samworth - Various Essays on the History of the Bible
Dating of the New Testament	Norman Geisler
Historicity of the New Testament	J.P. Moreland
Apostles and Prophets and the Foundation of the Church	Bob DeWaay
Luther's Treatment of the 'Disputed Books' of the New Testament	Martin Luther - Prefaces to James, Jude and Revelation
Who Wrote The First 5 Books of the Bible?	Young, Unger, Green, Archer and Allis - 5 Essays on the Pentateuch
Are the Right Books in the Bible - The Doctrine of Canonicity	John Stevenson
The Canon of Scripture	Michael Marlowe Collection of resources on the development of the Old and Testament canons, with several charts.
The Canon of Scripture	Samuel Waldron
The New Testament Canon	Charles E. Hill (Pdf)
Evangelicals and the Canon of the New Testament	M. James Sawyer, Ph.D.
Series of Essays on the Dating of the Bible	Cadre How old are the books that make up the Testament? This page links to articles discussing the dating of the Testament books.
How Many Books Are in the Bible?	Erwin W. Lutzer
Of Professors and Madmen: Currents in Contemporary New Testament Scholarship	Andreas J. Köstenberger
The Cannon of the New Testament	Henry Clarence Thiessen
The Canon: Why the Roman Catholic Arguments for the Canon are Spurious	William Webster
The Origins of the New Testament - A Sunday School Course	Robert C. Jones
Were the Apostolic Fathers Unable to Distinguish Between Authentic and Unauthentic Books?	Glenn Miller
How We Got our Bible	Mike Vlach (pdf)
How Do We Know Which Books Belong in The Bible?	Bob Reed
The Witness of History for Scripture	Franz Pieper (Lutheran)
The Old Testament of the Early Church Revisited	Albert C. Sundberg, Jr.
The Content and Extent of the Old Testament Canon	Wayne Stiles, II
How We Got the Old Testament	Lane Burgland - from Reading The Bible With Understanding
How We Got the New Testament	Lane Burgland - from Reading The Bible With Understanding
History, Theology and the Biblical Canon: An Introduction to Basic Issues	Eckhard Schnabel - from Themelios, 1995 (pdf)
Are the Right Books in the Bible? The Doctrine of Canonicity	John Stevenson
The Apostles and the Written Word	Leland M. Haines
How the Canon Was Formed	Roy W. Hoover
How We Got Our Bible	Mike Vlach
Seven Principles For Recognizing Canonical Books	Bob and Gretchen Passantino
Evangelicals and the Canon of the New Testament	M. James Sawyer, Ph.D.
The Word of God in English	.
The Content and Extent of the Old Testament Canon	Wayne Stiles
Why I Believe the New Testament is Historically Reliable	Gary R. Habermas (.pdf)
The Formation of the Canon of the New Testament	B.B. Warfield
Do the Resurrection Accounts HOPELESSLY Contradict One Another?	Glenn Miller
The Old Testament Canon and the Apocrypha	William Webster
Tota Scriptura	R.C. Sproul
Interactive Canon Chart	Bible Study Magazine
The Integrity of the Biblical Canon in Light of Its Historical Development (.pdf)	Lee Martin McDonald
The Bible as Canon (.pdf)	Lee Martin McDonald, In: The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon. (Rev. ed.). (Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 1995). pp 1-5.
Current Challenges to the Christian Canon (.pdf)	C. Marvin Pate
The Books of the Old and New Testaments Canonical and Inspired	Robert Haldane
The Canon of Scripture	Dr. John M. Frame
James Still's "Critique of New Testament Reliability and 'Bias' in NT Development"	Glenn Miller
James Still's "Critique of New Testament Reliability and 'Bias' in NT Development" (Part II)	Glenn Miller
Dates and Authorship of the Gospels	Tekton
The New Testament Canon	Glenn W. Barker
The historicity of the New Testament	J. P. Moreland
Affirming the Bible's Reliability	Jim Wallace
Sufficient for Faith and Practice: Covenant and Canon	Michael S. Horton
Is the New Testament Text Reliable?	Gregory Koukl
The Four Gospels as Authentic Testimony	An Interview with Richard Bauckham
Canon and Catholicism: Why We Don't Have the Apocrypha in Our Bibles	Leon Brown
Gospels, Gospels Everywhere?: Gnosticism and the New Testament Canon	Mark A Pierson
How the Books of the New Testament were Selected	Richard Heard
Canon of OT and NT Ascertained, or The Bible Complete	Archibald Alexander (1851)
The Canon of the Bible: Its Formation, History, and Fluctuations	Samuel Davidson
The Canon of Holy Scriptures: Examined in light of History (c1862)	Louis Gaussen
Canon and Text of the NT (1907)	Caspar René Gregory
The Apocrypha is not Scripture (.pdf)	C. Matthew McMahon
The Canonicity Question (.pdf)	Dennis McCallum and Gary DeLashmutt
The Historical Reliability of the New Testament (.pdf)	Darren Hewer
How We Got The Bible? (.pdf)	John F. MacArthur, Jr.
Ten Basic Facts about the NT Canon that Every Christian Should Memorize	Michael J. Kruger
The Definition of the Term ‘Canon’: Exclusive or Multi-Dimensional? (.pdf)	Michael J. Kruger, Tyndale Bulletin 63 (2012): 1-20.
Canon of Scripture	Wayne Grudem
Canon of Scripture	Biblical Training