Having just gone to a Bible study group which just read the historical books of the Old Testament as they are written, and now looked at the texts of non-canonical books, I can say that Bible books and non-canonical books are completely different. There are clear and obvious reasons why the non-canonical books were notContinue reading “#26 Assessment of Pseudepigrapha Writings”
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#31 Apocryphal Books of Value and Not of Value
Apocryphal books not included in Catholic Bibles 3 and 4 Maccabees The books 3 and 4 Maccabees were written in Greek and conserved only in Constantinople by Orthodox Christians. They are not used or recognized by Catholics or Protestants. The theme of these two books follows the details of martyrdoms among Jewish Maccabean followers, especiallyContinue reading “#31 Apocryphal Books of Value and Not of Value”
#30 Apocrypha and the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls found in the Qumran Caves date from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD. The scrolls include entire books of the Hebrew Scriptures, Apocryphal books of the Bible and extra-biblical manuscripts some of which relate to the Essene community. They throw light on Rabbinic Judaism of the Second Temple era andContinue reading “#30 Apocrypha and the Dead Sea Scrolls”
#19 Book of Judith
Judith means ‘Jewess’ This book of the Apocrypha is about a plan executed by a woman to save her people. Plot of the story of Judith: Judith, a widow, uses her beauty and charm to get in and kill an Assyrian general in his tent. Thus, she saves Jerusalem from attack and siege by theContinue reading “#19 Book of Judith”
#17: 2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees consists of a short and a long letter from Jews in Jerusalem to Jews in Egypt. The second letter is from Judas Maccabeus and the senators of Jerusalem to Aristobulus, a priest and teacher of King Ptolemy. Thus, the author of 2 Maccabees was Judas Maccabeus written in about 160 BC before heContinue reading “#17: 2 Maccabees”
#10 Lamentations and Baruch
LAMENTATIONS Jewish and Christian tradition ascribes Lamentations to Jeremiah. It is written in the style of the book of Jeremiah by Baruch. Lamentations describes the divine judgment on Jerusalem in 586 BC. Jeremiah and Baruch were eye-witnesses of this event. The book was written after 586 BC and before 575 BC. It is a poeticContinue reading “#10 Lamentations and Baruch”
# 8 Apocryphal Book of Tobit
Tobit is a devout Hebrew from the tribe of Naphtali in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His family have turned to worshiping the golden calf “Baal” set up by King Jeroboam in Dan, but he alone goes to Jerusalem to worship God on feast days. When the Assyrians attack Israel in 722 BC Tobit andContinue reading “# 8 Apocryphal Book of Tobit”
#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”
#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”
