Roger Beckwith ranks among the top scholars of our day, particularly with rspect to the issue of the OT canon. He has written the book to read on the subject, The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church (Grand Rapids: Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing Company,1985). It is the most thorough and exhaustive treatment available today on the issue of the OT deuterocanonical/apocryphal works. He proves (I think) that the Reformers were right about this issue, and he takes his reader down many trails to prove it. Roman Catholic apologists do not like this work. Last time I checked, this important work is now out of print.

Hope this helps,
DTK

[Edited on 18-12-2004 by DTK]

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David T. King, pastor
Christ Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Elkton, Maryland
Augustine (354-430): Therefore what He [i.e., Christ] has deigned to speak to us, we ought to believe that He meant us to understand. But if we do not understand He, being asked, gives understanding, who gave His Word unasked. NPNF1: Vol. VII, Tractates on John, Tractate XXII, §1.