How was the Old Testament Canon Formed?

How was the biblical canon formed? Who chose the books and why were some excluded? In Part-1 of this 5-Part series, Mike Licona interviews the foremost expert on the topic of canon formation, Lee Martin McDonald. In this video, they discuss how the Old Testament literature was chosen and when. Was there an Old Testament canon when Jesus was alive?

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[henriquecaldeira]

Great stuff! Professor McDonald is an exemple of intellectual honesty!

[MuraleetharanKanagalingam]

Providentially I ran into your U tube and then subscribed. Wonderful. To God be the glory. greetings from Sri Lanka, Dr Muralee

[IslamCritiqued]

Hey Mike, the “default” setting for ads makes watching difficult. This video has at least 13 ad breaks- and each break has two ads. Thanks for the content! Much appreciated.

[ThoughtDecoder]

Dr. Licona, I just love your setup. Your video quality is ultra clear, transitions between your shots are neat, and the side-by-side shot of you and your guests are really clean. How are you doing this? Software? Hardware? What do you use?

[josiahwatson]

Mike you are an absolute rockstar. I have greatly enjoyed all the content you've put out!

[flamingswordapologetics]

This was excellent Mike. Looking forward to the rest of them, great interview, great information!

[LetsFindOut]

this was a good interview thanks. can i ask what camera you're using here if you recall? the auto focus is so good.

[seekingagnostic]

Thank you very much for this interview and the exchange in the chat. I'll definitely check out Dr. McDonald's books.

[عاشقمسیح]

Hello sir. I just have a suggestion regarding the live videos. If after every talk you could give 10 to 20 min on questions maybe on the live chat it would be wonderful.
God bless you and your work

[RoomThreeEleven]

Very good, looking forward to this series of videos. Dr McDonald said that there was no list recorded by the Jews of a canon until the end of the second century, however, Josephus makes a list in Against Apion 1.8. This might not fit Dr McDonald’s conception of a canon list and that’s why he didn’t include it, but I think it’s worth mentioning that this is an early reference to a list of 22 books and Josephus gives a description of the different categories and how many books are in each category.

[d.torrent]

Mike, there's a point where the camera focuses on your books behind you, I spotted Birger Gerhardsson's Memory and Manuscript. GREAT BOOK! 💪🙌

[bibletruth]

Mike, I love what you do, thank you so much, Great Job -) I've found you by watching
Gary Habermas.

[T_Mike]

This was a lovely discussion. Thank you both :). Will be checking out Lee’s books

[melissamelgoza]

Dr. Licona, which version of the Bible do you think is most accurate (Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant)?

[jdiaz]

Amazing stuff! I learned alot from this video, sometimes people use the language barrier as a motive to destroy the Word but we know we have God's word in our hands!

[juliescheving]

This is fascinating!!! I’m going to trust God’s timing in why I say/hear this is 2 years after it’s post. Absolutely fascinating stuff!!! Thank you for posting…always! Always brings me to deeper thought.

[blueorangeblossom]

Hello; I really appreciate this content was wondering if you can add captions..I’m not sure how it is done but you can usually hit captions and they pop up. You can also add them manually but I think there is a way to do it automatically (but I’m not sure) anyway I’m struggling to follow because it’s new information to me and I sometimes put on captions to follow things like this. Thank you I am currently studying the reliability of the gospels. Much appreciated information and wonderful guest. Thank you.

[andreewendel]

Thank you very much for this interesting conversation!

[MagdalenaLilla]

This is going to be very interesting. Can't wait to see it. 📖📚📝

[johnnyhaigs]

More interview less advertisements would be nice.