A well-researched and reverent presentation on the history of the books which properly belong in the Bible, how they got there, their authority and their plenary verbal inspiration are packed into 191 pages. It provides a valuable and reliable handbook on these subjects—a classic work from a theologically conservative and evangelical position. — Haldane's chapter on the Apocrypha alone makes this volume indispensable to any discussion regarding its canonicity. His able, convincingly-reasoned and historical presentation was highly contributary and instrumental to the eventual removal of the apocryphal books from non-Catholic printed Bibles. — An exhaustive Scripture Index is included with this digital version.