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Bible Study: Which Bible? Whose Canon?  - http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/canon2.stm  Gives list for the canons for the various churches and other religious groups - including the Samaritans.  Anabaptists: How the Canon of the Bible Came to Us  - http://www.anabaptists.org/history/howwegot.html  The authority of Scripture and the choice of a canon. Not all the information is written by Anabaptists, although the information is on their site.  The Canon of the Bible  - http://members.aol.com/bob78999/canon.html  A survey of the history of the Protestant Bible.  Canon of The Old Testament  - http://www.netacc.net/~mafg/bible01.htm  A look at how Catholics arrived at the current collection of Old Testament books.  Evangelicals and The Canon of the New Testament  - http://www.bible.org/docs/theology/biblio/canon.htm  Questions the process by which evangelicals have judged the canon.  Luther vs. the Canon of the Bible  - http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ325.HTM  Asserts that Martin Luther cavalierly regarded some books of the Bible in an arbitrary and arrogant manner.  The Development of the Canon of the New Testament  - http://www.ntcanon.org/  A survey of the development of the New Testament over the first 4 centuries.  The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures: Loose Canons  - http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/Articles/article5.htm  An article by Philip R. Davies subtitled "Reflections on the Formation of the Hebrew Bible."  Catholic Encylopedia: Apocrypha  - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm  A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book.  The Old Testament of the Early Church Revisited  - http://department.monm.edu/classics/Speel_Festschrift/sundbergJr.htm  Critical perspective by Albert Sundberg, Jr.  A Brief History of the Apocrypha  - http://www.gnte.org/ecopub/apocrypha.htm  A Protestant look at the canon with lists of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Old Testament books. It points out that much of our Christian culture comes from the Apocrypha.  Luther's View of the Canon  - http://www.ntrmin.org/Luther%20and%20the%20canon%202.htm  James Swan presents ten common misconceptions.