Plummer Chapter 5 Summary

In Plummer chapter five I read that the new testament can be recreated 95 to 97 percent accuracy and the little unsolved textual issues usually have small or no doctrine importance. Another thing that can help me in interpreting the bible is understanding that 95 percent of the bibles textual issues are unintentional from errors of sight, errors of hearing, errors of writing, and errors of judgement. In Plummer chapter six I learned that a canon is a “closed list of books that Christians view as uniquely authorizes and inspired” (Plummer, pg.57). The old testament canon was picked because the doctrines were self-authenticating or had a prophetic fulfillment. In the new testament the canon was picked based on three requirements which was if