The canonicity of the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament

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Can someone recommend a book or article (online or offline) on the canon of the Old Testament, specifically one that defends the canonicity of the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament?
 
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Can someone recommend a book or article (online or offline) on the canon of the Old Testament, specifically one that defends the canonicity of the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament?
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In addition to his book, Gary Michuta has a website here:
handsonapologetics.com/deuterocanon.htm

Gary was a guest on the Journey Home on 8/6/7. He talked about his book then (show #8 in the archives):
ewtn.com/vondemand/audio/seriessearchprog.asp?seriesID=-6892289&T1=JOURNEY+HOME

Look at the Catholic Encyclopedia, Canon of the OT:
newadvent.org/cathen/03267a.htm

Also, this is a book available online and in print:
Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church by Rev Henry Graham:
angelfire.com/ms/seanie/deuteros/graham_contents.html
 
I haven’t read all the articles and books above yet (so my questions below might be answered in the above articles and/or books), but I thought I would ask a few questions about the topic.

From a Catholic perspective, which authority is higher? The Bible or the Church or are both equal?

Would you prove the Church’s authority from the Bible? If so, how would you prove the canon of the Bible from the authority of the Church without circular reasoning?
How would you defend the authority of the Church and the canon of the Bible without circular reasoning?

My questions above might be confused but I think you get the point?

Again, thanks everyone for the above links and replies.
 
prayforwisdom said:
I haven’t read all the articles and books above yet (so my questions below might be answered in the above articles and/or books), but I thought I would ask a few questions about the topic.

From a Catholic perspective, which authority is higher? The Bible or the Church or are both equal?

Would you prove the Church’s authority from the Bible? If so, how would you prove the canon of the Bible from the authority of the Church without circular reasoning?
How would you defend the authority of the Church and the canon of the Bible without circular reasoning?

My questions above might be confused but I think you get the point?

Again, thanks everyone for the above links and replies.
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scripturecatholic.com/the_church.html
 
prayforwisdom said:
I haven’t read all the articles and books above yet (so my questions below might be answered in the above articles and/or books), but I thought I would ask a few questions about the topic.

From a Catholic perspective, which authority is higher? The Bible or the Church or are both equal?

Would you prove the Church’s authority from the Bible? If so, how would you prove the canon of the Bible from the authority of the Church without circular reasoning?
How would you defend the authority of the Church and the canon of the Bible without circular reasoning?

My questions above might be confused but I think you get the point?

Again, thanks everyone for the above links and replies.
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From a Catholic perspective, the Bible and the Church are not in competition with each other. The Bible comes from God the Holy Spirit through the Church–it wasn’t handed to us directly from God. Catholics consider Sacred Scripture as God’s revelation.

To Catholics, having a Bible without a Church makes no sense. There is no way to come up with the canon of Scripture without acknowledging the authority of the Church to discern which books are inspired.

The big picture, though, is this–God communicated His final revelation to the human race through His Son, Jesus. Jesus commissioned the Apostles to hand on His teachings to the world. The Apostles handed on their teaching mission to bishops by the laying on of hands. That teaching mission continues today through the Church.

There is evidence in the Bible that the Church is authoritative. However, the Church was authoritative before there was a Bible. So we don’t necessarily need the Bible to prove the Church’s authority.

Once again, you may see competition where there is none.
 
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