▁were ▁that ▁the ▁canon ▁existed ▁as ▁a ▁collection ▁from ▁before ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Christ , ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁originally ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁author itative ▁and ▁div in ely ▁inspired ▁books ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁temple ▁in ▁Jerusalem , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁later ▁Jewish ▁and ▁Christian ▁organizations ▁of ▁the ▁canon ▁were ▁develop ments ▁from ▁a ▁more ▁simple ▁two - part ▁organization ▁of ▁Law ▁( P ent ate uch ) ▁and ▁Pro ph ets . ▁ ▁Stein mann ▁has ▁also ▁published ▁several ▁works ▁rel ating ▁to ▁chron ology ▁of ▁the ▁Bible , ▁especially ▁From ▁Abraham ▁to ▁Paul : ▁A ▁Bib lic al ▁Chron ology . ▁He ▁has ▁challeng ed ▁the ▁cons ensus ▁on ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Her od ▁the ▁Great , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁Her od ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 ▁BC ▁( Ste in mann , ▁Andrew . ▁" When ▁Did ▁Her od ▁the ▁Great ▁Re ign ? ", ▁Nov um ▁Testament um , ▁Volume ▁ 5 1 , ▁Number ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁pp .   1 – 2 9 ). ▁With ▁Rod ger ▁Young ▁he ▁has ▁also ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁Par ian ▁Chron icle ▁was ▁most ▁likely ▁the ▁city ▁records ▁of ▁Ath ens . ▁ ▁Publications ▁ ▁Books ▁ ▁Ed ited ▁by ▁ ▁Journal ▁articles ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Andrew ▁Stein mann ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 5 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : W rit ers ▁from ▁C inc inn ati ▁Category : L iving