Subject: The cannonization of Jude |
Bible Note: It was mostly the Aramaic speaking Mid-Eastern churches that did not accept the book of Jude as cannon. Jude was rejected on the grounds that it quoted the book of Enoch in Jude 1:4-5 (which matches Enoch 1:9 word-for-word) and they felt like cannonizing Jude meant they had to accept the book of Enoch as canon as well, which traditionally was not included. Jude also quotes from a book called "The Assumption of Moses" which is also called the Testament of Moses in Jude 1:9, which says "even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!". However, the Tanak references many non-biblical writings that were not accepted as canon, but it only references the fact they exist by alluding to their content, but never quotes them directly as a source like Jude did. Books referenced by the Bible, but not included in the Bible, are... Book of the Covenant (Ex. 24:7) Book of the Wars of the Lord (Num 21:14) Book of Jasher (Josh 10:13, 2 Sam 1:18) The Book of the Statutes (1 Sam. 10:25); Book of Samuel the Seer (1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Chr 29:29) Book of Nathan the Prophet (2 Chr 9:29) Book of the Acts of Solomon (1 Kings 11:41) The Book of Gad the Seer (1 Chr. 29:29); Book of Shemaiah the Prophet (2 Chr 12:15) The Book of Ahijah the Shilonite (2 Chr. 9:29) Visions of Iddo the Seer (2 Chr. 9:29); Acts of Abijah/Story of Prophet Iddo (2 Chr 13:22) The Story of the Prophet Iddo (2 Chr. 13:22); Book of Jehu (2 Chr 20:34) Acts of Uzziah, by Isaiah, the son of Amoz (2 Chr. 26:22); Sayings of the Seers (?) (2 Chr 33:19) Book of Enoch (Jude 1:14) Another apocryphal work is quoted in Jude, but not mentioned by name. May be "The Assumption of Moses". This writing records an account of a dispute between Michael the archangel and satan on the body of Moses. (Jude 1:9) a missing epistle of Paul to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 5:9); a missing epistle to the Colossians, written from Laodicea (Col. 4:16); Eventually, this list helped bring acceptance to the book of Jude. In the end, most parts of the world accepted all 27 books of the NT based on authorship - anything authored by the first 12 apostles, or under their authority was accepted. Anything not was rejected. Mark was Peter's interpreter, so it was presumed that the gospel of Mark had Peter's approval. Paul was accepted as an apostle based on Peter's comments as such in 1st or 2nd Peter, Luke's comments, and Paul's own comments. The writings of Luke (Luke and Acts) were accepted under Paul's authority as an apostle, in that he was part of Paul's ministry. This is why the latter part of Acts focuses on Paul more than any of the other apostles. There were other writings of early believers and even other gospels from people during the first century, but they were not included in scripture based on the fact that they were not written either by apostles or men under an apostle's ministry. |
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