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1 | Bible books deleted Jehovah is now God | Bible general Archive 1 | Janice C. | 62657 | ||
Steve, thank you. I've heard a little on the Aprocypha, but want to research it more. You say they were rejected as uninspired, who had the authority to decide and reject them as being uninspired? Shouldn't God only have that power? Regarding the information on Jehovah, I will forward the information you provided to some family members I recently had a discussion with on this issue. You have been very helpful. Thank you again, Steve, and God bless you, sir. | ||||||
2 | Bible books deleted Jehovah is now God | Bible general Archive 1 | retxar | 62742 | ||
God actually did reject the Aprocypha as being uninspired. The Jews had already rejected the Aprocypha as uninspired before the birth of Jesus. Jesus never spoke of the Jews as being in error concerning its rejection. retxar |
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3 | Bible books deleted Jehovah is now God | Bible general Archive 1 | Janice C. | 62819 | ||
Thank you, Retxar. Where might I find the scriptures confirming this? And, it is my understanding, Catholics include these 5 books in a Bible? Thank you. JC | ||||||
4 | Bible books deleted Jehovah is now God | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 62821 | ||
Janice C What Retxar has told you is correct. Here is what we know. About 200 years before the birth of Christ around 200 BC approximately 70 leading Jewish scholars of the time came to together and produced a Greek Old Testament from existing Hebrew manuscripts. This work was called the Septuagint which means 70 after the 70 scholars that helped produce it. At the time of Jesus the Septuagint had become very widely used, and it is known that Jesus actually quoted from it. We know this because when Jesus would quote Old Testament verses He quoted them using the words and sentence structure as they appear in the Septuagint. The Apocypha which consist of the following books was not included in the Septuagint 1 and 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, The rest of Esther, Wisdom, Eccleslasticus, Baruch with the Epistle of Jeremiah, Song of the Three Children, Story of Susanna, The Idol Bel and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses and 1 and 2 Maccabees. Since these books were NOT included and since we know the Jesus quoted from the Septuagint, Jesus had to be aware of the books that were not included. Therefore we have to believe if any of these books should have been considered valid scripture Jesus would have surely said something. Because the Old Testament existed in the form we have it today and the fact that Jesus used that form we can be sure the Old Testament is complete and exactly how God intended it to be. Nothing is lost and nothing needs to be added. I hope this helps EdB |
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5 | Bible books deleted Jehovah is now God | Bible general Archive 1 | Janice C. | 62822 | ||
Thank you, EdB. And, it does answer many questions. Where might one find this Septuagint? Have a blessed day. JC | ||||||
6 | Bible books deleted Jehovah is now God | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 62852 | ||
Janice C You probably have a copy in your hands it is our Old Testament only the books were arranged differently. The Septuagint was basically the foundation for our Old Testament. However if you go to Google.com and do a search for Septuagint you will find a copy online. Also you may want to get a Tanakh which is a copy of the traditional Hebrew scriptures translated into the idiom of modern English. It is produced by the Jewish Publication Society. EdB |
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