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To: maryz; kosta50

“We have but 22 books, containing the history of all time, books that are believed to be divine. Of these, 5 belong to Moses, containing his laws and the traditions of the origin of mankind down to the time of his death. From the death of Moses to the reign of Artaxerxes the prophets who succeeded Moses wrote the history of the events that occurred in their own time, in 13 books. The remaining 4 books comprise hymns to God and precepts for the conduct of human life. From the days of Artaxerxes to our own times every event has indeed been recorded; but these recent records have not been deemed worthy of equal credit with those which preceded them, on account of the failure of the exact succession of prophets. There is practical proof of the spirit in which we treat our Scriptures; r, although so great an interval of time has now passed, not a soul has ventured to add or to remove or to alter a syllable; and it is the instinct of every Jew, from the day of his birth, to consider these Scriptures as the teaching of God, and to abide by them, and, if need be, cheerfully to lay down his life in their behalf.” - Josephus


5,085 posted on 09/15/2010 10:34:42 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (When the ass brays, don't reply...)
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To: Mr Rogers; maryz
We have but 22 books..." — Josephus

Josephus was a Pharisee. What else would you expect him to list but the canon of his sect? What amazes me is why are the Pharisees assumed to have orthodox monopoly on what true Judaism was in the first century AD, or any time since then?

5,095 posted on 09/15/2010 10:57:06 AM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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