Even that information gives too much credit to the Protestant argument; it describes the case as was known during the reformation. We now know that at least five of the seven books WERE written in Hebrew. It’s simply that by the time of the Reformation (and even St. Jerome’s time), Hebrew manuscripts were unknown because the Jews no longer kept them: because they had been blamed for agitating hopes for the Messiah, which the Jews blamed for the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.
“Did Martin Luther Deny the Canonicity of Esther?”
Perhaps, but guess what. The book of Esther was the only book from the old testament that was not among the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1946. Sirach and Maccabees were the only ones from the Apocrypha.
Kind of gives credibility to his claim.
Like none.
Off with their heads. Burn the infidels!!!!!!
History of the English Bible
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