Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: Iscool
And here, Jesus tell us what was between the beginning and end of the OT scriptures

No, actually he isn't. That's something you're reading into the text.

You might note that none of the OT deuterocanon is prophetic literature (like, e.g., Isaiah); it's all either wisdom literature or historical. Hence, none of its authors were prophets, (and none, AFAIK, were martyred), hence none of them could be classed with the "blood of all the prophets".

The passage says nothing about the OT canon, which is a concept which didn't even really exist at that time. (The formal Jewish condemnation of the OT deuterocanon took place after AD 135.) The closest thing to it would be the books that were translated in the Septuagint (which is the Greek Bible the NT authors quote, often word for word), which included the OT deuterocanon.

944 posted on 05/08/2008 8:00:23 PM PDT by Campion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 929 | View Replies ]


To: Campion
The passage says nothing about the OT canon, which is a concept which didn't even really exist at that time.

Of course it did...And Jesus acknowledged it did...

(The formal Jewish condemnation of the OT deuterocanon took place after AD 135.)

So what??? They finally got together and agreed that your extra books didn't belong in there...

The closest thing to it would be the books that were translated in the Septuagint (which is the Greek Bible the NT authors quote, often word for word), which included the OT deuterocanon.

There is no evidence that the Septuatgint WAS NOT invented by Origen, or more probably Eusibius centuries later...

949 posted on 05/08/2008 9:01:09 PM PDT by Iscool
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 944 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson