Does the Septuagint contain "apocrypha"?

[phil8888]

I just read an article on the BBC located at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4739369.stm and part of it states the following:

The Codex Sinaiticus contains the whole of the Christian Bible; specifically, it has the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, as well as the Greek Old Testament, known as the Septuagint, which includes books now regarded as apocrypha.

What is your response?

 

[DavidFilmer]

Does the Septuagint contain “apocrypha”?

Well, yeah - the Septuagint is the source document for the “apocrypha.”

These are books which were written after the Diasporia, when Greek became the primary language of the large majority of Jews. These books were written originally in Greek. As such, they were added to the “Greek Canon” (ie, the Septuagint), but were never part of the Hebrew (Masoretic) text.

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

I just read an article on the BBC located at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4739369.stm and part of it states the following:

The Codex Sinaiticus contains the whole of the Christian Bible; specifically, it has the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, as well as the Greek Old Testament, known as the Septuagint, which includes books now regarded as apocrypha.

What is your response?

The Septuagint contains all the books accepted by the Catholic Church as canonical.

 

[mardukm]

I just read an article on the BBC located at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4739369.stm and part of it states the following:

The Codex Sinaiticus contains the whole of the Christian Bible; specifically, it has the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, as well as the Greek Old Testament, known as the Septuagint, which includes books now regarded as apocrypha.

What is your response?

There is no apocrypha in the Septuagint. All books in the Septuagint are Scripture, though a few of them are not canonical (according to the patristic and Catholic understanding of the term “canonical”).

Blessings,
Marduk

 

[phil8888]

So was this article coming from a Protestant and/or Anglican point of view?

 

[mardukm]

So was this article coming from a Protestant and/or Anglican point of view?

Definitely Protestant or low-Church Anglican.

Blessings,
Marduk

 

[phil8888]

Definitely Protestant or low-Church Anglican.

Blessings,
Marduk

It’s pretty annoying though that they wouldn’t specify that. At least they could say, Besides Catholics who consider these books canonical, other Christians consider them apocryphal.

 

[pprimeau1976]

I just read an article on the BBC located at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4739369.stm and part of it states the following:

The Codex Sinaiticus contains the whole of the Christian Bible; specifically, it has the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, as well as the Greek Old Testament, known as the Septuagint, which includes books now regarded as apocrypha.

What is your response?

The key phrase is “*now regarded as apocrypha.” *This makes me think, what else will “Christians” find apocryphal in the future? Shall we strike out verses and call them apocryphal? I am sure many people would like to eliminate parts of Leviticus and St. Paul or even make “thou shalt not commit adultery” apocryphal as well.

 

[YourAverageJoe]

I just read an article on the BBC located at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4739369.stm and part of it states the following:

The Codex Sinaiticus contains the whole of the Christian Bible; specifically, it has the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, as well as the Greek Old Testament, known as the Septuagint, which includes books now regarded as apocrypha.

What is your response?

True,

The original King James Version also had the missing 7 books. Yikes!

 

[Patrick_Murebil]

I just read an article on the BBC located at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4739369.stm and part of it states the following:

The Codex Sinaiticus contains the whole of the Christian Bible; specifically, it has the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, as well as the Greek Old Testament, known as the Septuagint, which includes books now regarded as apocrypha.

What is your response?

Hello all,

Below is a link to a post I made in another thread regarding a discussion of the Septuagint (LXX). It contains 4 links to some interesting data regarding the LXX. I hope you all can access them and find them helpful.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=4046421&postcount=188

In Link #4 specifically look at Appendix A listed in the left window

God bless all!!!

 

[LindaS]

Define terms. “Apocrypha” according to Catholics are books that were in use in the very early Church but were decided to be not inspired and so not included in the Canon of Scripture. What our Protestant brothers and sisters call “apocrypha” are what we call the “Deuterocanonicals”, the 7 books or parts of books that make up the Septuagint which was the Scripture used by Jesus & His disciples. Remember that there was no New Testament until the 390s when the Canon was decided upon.

Peace,
Linda