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MURATORIAN FRAGMENT

A portion of an early Christian document that discusses the books of the NT that were accepted by the churches known to the anonymous author of the fragment. The fragment, probably of the 8th century, is written in vulgar Latin but is almost certainly a translation of a much earlier Greek document. The fragment begins with a probably mutilated reference to Mark; Luke and John are then mentioned as the third and fourth Gospels, respectively. It is probable that Matthew was discussed in a missing portion of the original. Thirteen letters are attributed to Paul; Jude and two letters of John are mentioned approvingly, as are the Wisdom of Solomon and the apocalypses of John and Peter (although the latter is said to be rejected by some).

Scholarly tradition has placed composition of the original Greek version in the 2nd century because of the statement that the Shepherd of Hermas was written “very recently in our times.” However, some scholars have argued for a 4th-century date for the original.

Bibliography. G. M. Hahneman, The Muratorian Fragment and the Development of the Canon (Oxford, 1992); A. C. Sundberg, Jr., “Canon Muratori: A Fourth-Century List,” HTR 66 (1973): 1-41.

James R. Adair, Jr.

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MURATORIAN FRAGMENT

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)