Jonathan Edwards on Canon of the Old Testament
66 books — Apocrypha useful but not Scripture
THE POSITION
Assigned at established tier and not verified. Nothing in the two Hickman volumes read this run states a position on the deuterocanonical books; the phrase "Apocrypha" was searched for and not found. The one indirect indication is that his Notes on the Bible runs from the Pentateuch to Revelation and comments on no deuterocanonical book. A reader should treat this cell as the least checked thing on the row.
WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONSeventeen of the eighteen positions carry a verbatim quotation. The canon of the Old Testament carries none — nothing in the two volumes read this run states a position on the Apocrypha, so that cell is standard historical theology rather than a primary-source check.
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE
New England pastor, revival theologian and philosopher of the First Great Awakening, dismissed from his Northampton pulpit in 1750 over who may come to the Lord's Table. This entry rests on Freedom of the Will (1754), Original Sin (1758), Religious Affections (1746), An Humble Inquiry (1749), Distinguishing Marks (1741), Some Thoughts on the Revival (1742), An Humble Attempt (1747) and A History of the Work of Redemption, read in the Hickman edition.
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"Jonathan Edwards on Canon of the Old Testament", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/edwards/ot-canon (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/edwards/ot-canon).