[safisoft]

the Catholic Church decided which books would become part of the canonical Bible

You can't read. The Septuagint was translated from Hebrew to Greek in 270 BCE. - which predates the Roman "church" by about 500 years. The same thirty-nine books in your "Old Testament" are in the Septuagint. The "church" canonized nothing except your dreams. Sheesh, you guys are the greatest revisionists ever. I can tell you that my copy of the Masor has not the slightest hint of Roman Catholicism in it. It was not canonized by the Roman church. You own Judaism 2/3s of your Bible, bud. If it had not been for the Ben Asher family Jerome wouldn't have been able to SPELL Israel.

[DBeers]

You can't read. The Septuagint was translated from Hebrew to Greek in 270 BCE. - which predates the Roman "church" by about 500 years. The same thirty-nine books in your "Old Testament" are in the Septuagint. The "church" canonized nothing except your dreams. Sheesh, you guys are the greatest revisionists ever. I can tell you that my copy of the Masor has not the slightest hint of Roman Catholicism in it. It was not canonized by the Roman church. You own Judaism 2/3s of your Bible, bud. If it had not been for the Ben Asher family Jerome wouldn't have been able to SPELL Israel.

More straw men -what is this, the great harvest? LOL

[Romish_Papist]

I think it is quite possible that you are one of the rudest people on these boards.

And yes, the church did canonize the current Bible. Did anyone here say Christians wrote the books of the Old Testament? No. We know where it came from. We know the books are Jewish books. Get off your high horse. No one is saying the church canonized the Scriptures for use by Jews, the church canonized the books to be used by the church.