“Yes FRiend. Yet this doesnt further your cause. Secular King of Egypt commissions a translation of everything he can find to build a library.
“As opposed to the bible ordered translated the Homosexual King James who was into witchcraft.
You will have to research to satisfy your own interest verga, but my understanding is that After the initial translation of the first 5 books of the Jewish Canon were complete, everything else Ptolemy II Philadelphus’ team found was included. These writings were not considered part of the Jewish Canon by Jews. They were kept for historical reference. There are many online resources you can use. We are blessed to live in an age where so much is available.
Adding additional materials to expand a library (Library of Alexandria, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria), is a very different task than the one King James undertook when appointing translators. I would not rush to make them equivalent, nor would I give KJ a pass on any immoral activity.
I note they had different purposes and I note that Jews did not consider the Apocrypha part of their Canon of inspired books. Upthread, I posted reasons why the Apocrypha fails the test of inspiration.
“If it wasn’t already Jewish canon then where did the books come from, and why are the Ethiopian Jews still using it?”
Many scrolls (ref. Dead Sea Scrolls) were collected and were not considered inspired.
Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel) were extremely isolated geographically and isolated from other Jewish communities. This continued until the last part of the 20th (!) century. They used what they had access to. I would speculate that when they went into exile, they took what they had as a community. Living in extreme isolation prevented them from interaction with other Jewish groups. In the course of human experience, after a generation or two passes, the belief in tradition surpasses all else. I doubt it was ever considered, but simply accepted that what they had was the totality of Scripture, including the Apocrypha. I doubt we can fully answer that riddle. For that reason and the circumstances of their existence, I don’t find the argument compelling. You may. Let each be convinced in his own mind.
Interestingly to me, they place primary importance on the first 5 books of the Scriptures (Torah), considering all other Scripture as of less importance. They also have extra-Biblical writings that they preserve and have for hundreds of years. I don’t doubt that Ptolemy II Philadelphus would have skarfed up those writings too for his library, had he had access to them.
The Ethiopian Jews are a very interesting study in so many ways. It reminds me that God will gather His people back to Israel in the twinkling of an eye when Christ returns. They will also recognize The One that They Pierced and mourn.
Blessings.
Exactly right, they had the unedited canon. The exact same canon used in the LXX.
And yet...
...all of this stuff about HOMOs was LEFT in the bible: strange...
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
And yet...
...THIS verse was LEFT in the bible: strange...
Exodus 22:18 KJV
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live