[HarleyD]

One does not know when The Old Testament was put into place but one does know when Jesus was born, tried, condemned, killed, and rose from the dead.

What we do know is that the Council of Jamnia agreed with what was put into place in 90AD. We know that our Lord Jesus referred to the "scriptures" ..

Mat_22:29 But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Mat_26:54 But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?"

Luk_24:44 Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."

There wasn't any question about what our Lord Jesus was talking about. The OT was already codified.

The Septuagint may have been used along with a lot of other writings, but what was the tradition of the time?

That is an Islamic answer. Salvation is of the Jews.

Well, that is the first time I've been called an Islam. Of course salvation is of the Jews. But not all Jews are believers.

Protestantism is trying to argue that the Sanhedrin at Jabneh (Jamniah) is its authority for excluding the other books in the Septuagint that the one holy catholic apostolic church included in the Bible.

No, Protestantism is saying that the time of our Lord Jesus recognized the OT scriptures just as they are in the Protestant bible. It was agreed with by our Lord Jesus and confirmed by the Council of Jamnia. Catholics just want to add to the text for whatever purposes and they did this 400 years after the death of Christ.

[af_vet_1981]

1. What we do know is that the Council of Jamnia agreed that Jesus was neither the Messiah, nor the King of Israel, nor the Son of God in 90 AD. Using the Sanhedrin council in 90AD as authority for Protestantism's removal of books from the Bible begs the other question:
   
   Since the Sanhedrin is Protestantism's authority for the Canon of Scripture why does Protestantism not accept the Sanhedrin's authority in interpreting those scriptures ?
   
   Did they, or did they not, sit in Moses' seat ?
   
   
2. Well, that is the first time I've been called an Islam.
   
   False; writing "that was an Islamic answer" does not call one "an Islam". It calls the comments "No Jewish authority did it. Believers in God did it." an Islamic answer. The authors of the scriptures were Jewish authorities. The translators of the scriptures into Greek were Jewish authorities. All of this occurred prior to the First Advent and the Septuagint was extensively used in the books of the New Testament. Did the Sanhedrin include the books of the New Testament in the Canon of Holy Scripture ?
   
   
3. No, Protestantism is saying that the time of our Lord Jesus recognized the OT scriptures just as they are in the Protestant bible. It was agreed with by our Lord Jesus and confirmed by the Council of Jamnia. Catholics just want to add to the text for whatever purposes and they did this 400 years after the death of Christ.
   
   That is patently false; the additional books were already in the Septuagint used by Jesus and have been in use continuously since then, even until this day.