[Elsie]

Apocryphal books belong in the Bible? And who gets to decide?

Did the JEWS consider them to be Scripture?

Surely writings OLDER than Jesus must be looked at with special eyes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha

[Petrosius]

Did the JEWS consider them to be Scripture?

Yes, until the second century.

Surely writings OLDER than Jesus must be looked at with special eyes.

The entire Old Testament is older than Jesus. But the questions still remains, who decides?