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To: jjotto
Which part of the Jamnia Council is disputed, seriously?

I mean, the Sadducees and Samaritans rejected both the Prophets and the Writings. The Ethiopian Jews accepted the 7 books of the Deuterocanon as part of their canon.

If our non-orthodox friend here wants to say that she follows the canon of the Jews, then which of these three canons? Seriously.

73 posted on 05/05/2011 7:57:44 AM PDT by Cronos (Libspeak: "Yes there is proof. And no, for the sake of privacy I am not posting it here.")
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To: Cronos

Jews have always understood the concepts of ‘prophecy’ and ‘canon’ differently than Christians. There is a hierarchy of descending sanctity: Five Books of Moses first, Prophets second, and Writings (which include Daniel, BTW) third. But it does not end there. Jews believe the Mishnah was inspired, followed the Gemara, and then later works, about which there are still shadows of debate, such as the Zohar or Targum Onkelos.

When Christianity diverged into the New Testament, it was lost to Judaism. That probably took place over a period of time, different places sooner than others, yielding varying versions of the ‘canon’.


75 posted on 05/05/2011 8:09:19 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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