Apocryphal chapters of the book of Daniel In Daniel 6:3 King Darius wanted to put Daniel as chief administrator over the whole kingdom but other administrators who are jealous of Daniel cause him to be thrown to the lions. King Darius frets in his palace. Nothing in this chapter says that these events took placeContinue reading “#11 Book of Daniel”
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#10 Lamentations and Baruch
LAMENTATIONS Baruch Apart from writing Lamentations and the book entitled Baruch, Jeremiah’s scribe also wrote down the prophecies of Jeremiah and the four history of Israel books I Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 2 Kings. Thus, Baruch wrote six books of the Bible and one book of the Apocrypha.
# 8 Apocryphal Book of Tobit
The Shadowing of Kings In exile it has happened time and again that Jews became administrators in the empires in which they were held captive. Jewish administrators used their gifts to help the rulers of empires enact just and wise decrees to the benefit of the diverse peoples of empires. They also used their influenceContinue reading “# 8 Apocryphal Book of Tobit”
#6 Obadiah the Prophet from Edom
#5 Book of Psalms
Psalm 151 is a psalm belonging to the Apocrypha. Protestant Bibles end with Psalm 150.
#4 Book of Job
Jobab was descended from Noah via Shem and Arphaxad – thus he was a Semite. Arphaxad’s line leads to Abraham through his son Shelah, his son Eber and his son Peleg. Eber’s second son was Joktan. Joktan had 13 sons, of which Jobab was the youngest. Genesis 10:21-31 has a special genealogy side-shoot that leadsContinue reading “#4 Book of Job”
#3 Old Testament Books Reordered into Chronological Order
After reordering the Protestant canon of Scripture for the Old Testament, I will place the books of the Apocrypha in chronological order in between these Bible books. I have used capital letters for the books belonging to the Protestant canon, and small letters for the additional books of the Catholic canon of Scripture. For eachContinue reading “#3 Old Testament Books Reordered into Chronological Order”
#2 Septuagint Bible
The Septuagint is the Old Testament in Greek translated by 70 Jewish scholars. ‘Septuagint’ or ‘LXX’ means ‘70’. It was written in the 3rd century BC and may have been commissioned by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-247 BC) to put in the library in Alexandria. It was used by Alexandrian Jews living in Egypt. The SeptuagintContinue reading “#2 Septuagint Bible”
#1 Bible Books and Apocrypha in Chronological Order
Introduction In this article I am going to place the books of the Bible in chronological order. In between the books that belong to the Protestant Bible canon, I will place the books of the Apocrypha also in chronological order. The Apocryphal books are found in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles. How did I arrive atContinue reading “#1 Bible Books and Apocrypha in Chronological Order”
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