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To: maryz; RnMomof7
I see references to holy books (not listed) but no indication that the OT Jews even had a notion of canonicity in the required sense.

Correct. First Christians have no clue what 1st century Judaims was or what modern Judiams is. Second, Jewish scripture has been "canonized" from the very start because the only sacred books in the whole so-called "Old Testament" (Tanakh) are the five books of Moses, believed to be the Torah (or teaching) that was 'written' by God himself before the world existed. It is eternal and it cannot be fulfilled. It is the only part of the Jewish Bible that, when read, everyone stands. The rest of the Jewish Bible is secondary and only repeats what the Torah has already said. So, there was no need or urgency or desire to close the "canon," because THE canon is closed eternally. There is but one canon in Judaism and that is the Torah. Everything esle is only a repetition.

5,178 posted on 09/15/2010 1:25:17 PM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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To: kosta50
Or -- for those really in a hurry, we have the story of Rabbi Hillel, who when challenged to recite the Torah "on one foot" (i.e., very quickly), answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength and thy neighbor as thyself. This is the Law and the Prophets. All else is commentary."
5,188 posted on 09/15/2010 1:38:02 PM PDT by maryz
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