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As to what the Jewish canon (whatever that means) was at the time is simply irrelevant. Obviously they used Hebrew scriptures in their worship. We know that the deuterocanonicals specifically are inspired because St. Paul made a reference to "all scripture" without excluding anything and without qualifying the language, -- so that was then the Septuagint of the 1st century that is wholly inspired.

I can't believe I'm arguing this topic on two threads today!

You cannot come to the conclusion that every book that was in the Greek Septuagint automatically made them "wholly inspired". Are you forgetting that there were not seven but FIFTEEN books that were noncanonical for the Jews yet were included in the Septuagint? Is it your contention that Paul included them as well as inspired by God? That is a leap that not even your church would make into the Council of Trent fifteen HUNDRED years after Paul wrote to Timothy!

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Is it your contention that Paul included them as well as inspired by God?

I don't read St. Paul's mind, but I believe the Holy Scripture and there he did nor provide the table of content. He simply pointed to scripture traditionally known to Jews of the time, so we have to accept his judgment.

Yes the Church did not put every book that was ever in Septuagint into the Canon. But those seven she did put into the canon as early as 4 century, -- and no Christian canon existed earlier.

You are confusing "canonical" and "inspired" again. The second category is much larger.