Questions tagged [deuterocanonical-books]
The books included in the Septuagint but not in the Hebrew Bible.
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Why do 21st century Protestants still not include the deuterocanonical books in the canon?
Given the Protestant motto semper reformanda and the doctrine of sola scriptura which in essence strives to purify Christian teaching to be based only on the Word of God interpreted through the lens ...
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What biblical canon do Eastern Catholic Churches use? [duplicate]
The Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church use slightly different biblical canons: Books of the Bible (Wikipedia). Notably, the Orthodox Church uses 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees while the ...
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What is the dating for the last books of the Catholic Old Testament?
What is the dating for the last books of the Catholic Old Testament?
I'm aware that Maccabees is pretty late, like 1XX BCE (end of 2nd century)... I'm wondering if any books are later than that.
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According to Reformed Theology, why did the 70 Jewish translators include the Apocrypha?
I read at carm.org:
Paul tells us that the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
This means that they are the ones who understood what inspired
Scriptures were, and they never accepted ...
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Is there any Biblical Basis for 400 years of silence between Old and New Testament? [closed]
When I was researching about the deuterocanon (or the apocrypha, as most Protestants call them) I stumbled upon the notion that God was silent during a period of 400 years between the end of the Old ...
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Catholics: how can the book of Wisdom be inspired if the author pretended to be Solomon?
This is a sincere question, not one of those sneering ones that try to make the one being questioned look bad.
The church fathers unanimously considered the Book of Wisdom to be inspired and Dei ...
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Looking for a Catholic Arabic bible
I'm trying to track down an Arabic bible which contains all the books, rather than the 66 book protestant canon.
I'm finding this hard to do. There are many Arabic translations out there but often it ...
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Who was Jasher, the author of a book referenced in the bible?
Who was Jasher? Are there any historical references Jasher other than Author of a book referred in the bible?
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What record is there of a canon of Scripture having been set at the First Ecumenical Council?
According to this synopsis
As to Judith, he notes that the Council of NicƦa had, contrary to the Hebrew tradition, included it in the Canon of Scripture, and this, with his friendsā requests, had ...
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How is it that Georgian Orthodox Church are in full communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church when they have a different biblical canon?
There is a table on this wikipedia page which indicates that the Georgian Orthodox Church accepts 2 Esdras 3ā14 (4 Ezra) and 4 Maccabees as part of their biblical canon, whereas the rest of the ...
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From a Catholic perspective, why does Wisdom merely “infer” the things to come?
I'm confused about Wisdom 8:8:
Or again, if one yearns for wide experience,
she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come.
She understands the turns of phrases and the solutions of ...
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Which Protestant Christian denominations accept the Deuterocanonical books?
Which Protestant Denominations accept the deuterocanonical books on equal inspirational footing as the rest of the Biblical canon? I can't think of any, which is of course why I'm askingāŗ.
I was ...
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Does Revelation 22:19 apply to the whole Biblical canon or only the Book of Revelation?
Revelation 22:19 KJV
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things ...
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When scripture quotes a non-biblical source, without any opposition of the source, does it imply any endorsement?
In addition to alluding to various Jewish proverbs, sayings, and parables, sometimes the Bible seems to directly quote Greek philosophers (Acts 17:28), Jewish oral traditions (Jude 9, 12) or possibly ...
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Why aren't the Biblical Apocrypha included in the protestant Bible? [duplicate]
Biblical Apocrypha are portions of Bible that are printed in some editions of Bible between Old and New Testament, sometimes called inter-testament. When Martin Luther was translating Latin bible into ...
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What deuterocanonical books are quoted in the New Testament?
When talking with a Catholic friend (I'm a Protestant) about the apocrypha/deuterocanonical books, it occurred to me that a possible argument for their inclusion in the Canon would be their authority, ...
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Why doesn't the Catholic Bible include all books from Septuagint?
The Catholic Bible (as opposed to the Protestant Bible) includes the so-called deuterocanonical books. It's commonly simply stated that the books in Septuagint are included in the Catholic canon. ...
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Why were Deuterocanonical books rejected in the Reformation?
The Deuterocanonical books were included in the Septuagint, but not the Hebrew Bible. They are mostly included in the Catholic Old Testament, but not in the Protestant one.
I understand the choice ...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Protestant canon
Has the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls had any effect on which Old Testament books should be considered canonical by Protestants? I didn't know this until yesterday, but the dead sea scrolls ...
