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Pythagoras
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Can someone share it if they know…
How did the Jews know which books of OT are inspired?
How did the Jews know which books of OT are inspired?
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LittleDeb
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Good question, I’ve wondered this too. I hope someone has an answer.Can someone share it if they know…
How did the Jews know which books of OT are inspired?
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Eileen_T
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There were differences of opinion among the various sects which lasted mostly until the Council of Javneh (Jamnia) around AD 90, which rejected the Septuagint.
From what I have read, the decision to reject the Septuagint was a reaction to certain verses which supported claims of the “Jewish sect” who claimed that Jesus of Nazareth was God.
This was a small group of scholars and was neither unanimous nor binding.
Even today, the Eithopian Jews use the Septuagint version of Scripture.
The Jewish people lost any authority to decide what Scripture was/or was not inspired when they rejected Jesus.
All Authority passed to the Church Jesus founded on Peter, the Church that wrote the Gospels and Epistles, the Church that gave us the Canon of Scripture by deciding which writings were inspired by God and which were not.
From what I have read, the decision to reject the Septuagint was a reaction to certain verses which supported claims of the “Jewish sect” who claimed that Jesus of Nazareth was God.
This was a small group of scholars and was neither unanimous nor binding.
Even today, the Eithopian Jews use the Septuagint version of Scripture.
The Jewish people lost any authority to decide what Scripture was/or was not inspired when they rejected Jesus.
All Authority passed to the Church Jesus founded on Peter, the Church that wrote the Gospels and Epistles, the Church that gave us the Canon of Scripture by deciding which writings were inspired by God and which were not.
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LittleDeb
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So before the time of Jesus, how was the canon determined? Was there a jewish council that upheld which books belonged in Scripture?
Hey Valke2! Some help here?
Hey Valke2! Some help here?
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Ignatius
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There was no official cannon. My understanding is that at the time of Christ, the Septuagint`was the one in use in Judea and Israel.So before the time of Jesus, how was the canon determined? Was there a jewish council that upheld which books belonged in Scripture?
Hey Valke2! Some help here?
Can anyone confirm this?
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Pax
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At the time of Jesus there was no established Jewish canon of scripture, but the Septuagint was the generally accepted set of books even in the diaspora. The Sadducees were a clear exception and only accepted the first five books of the OT.
The Jewish canon’s development began with Javneh as pointed out in an earlier post but was not completely accepted for a very long time. There were several criteria used by Jewish scripture scholars to determine canonicity. Doctrine and tradition have played a part in their choices. The Jewish elders also demanded that the books had to be originally written in Hebrew and had to be written before the time of Esdras. Some books that are contained in the Catholic OT canon were rejected by the Jews because they were not thought to have been written originally in Hebrew. This objection has been made null by the contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Jewish canon’s development began with Javneh as pointed out in an earlier post but was not completely accepted for a very long time. There were several criteria used by Jewish scripture scholars to determine canonicity. Doctrine and tradition have played a part in their choices. The Jewish elders also demanded that the books had to be originally written in Hebrew and had to be written before the time of Esdras. Some books that are contained in the Catholic OT canon were rejected by the Jews because they were not thought to have been written originally in Hebrew. This objection has been made null by the contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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