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The Old Testament:: Books and Order
The Old Testament:: Books and Order
Daniel
Job
Ezekiel
Isaiah
None of the above
Zechariah
Elisha
Elijah
Ezekiel
None of the above
Aaron
Cyrus the Great
Saul
David
All of the above
Daniel
Jews did not considered a prophet
So they included Daniel in the Writings
Jesus referred to Daniel as a Prophet so Christians
put the book with the Prophets
Daniel and Lamentations with
Prophets
“HEBREW” ORDER “ENGLISH” ORDER
Why Change the Arrangement?
Septuagint Or Jewish
Jews use on the Books canonized by the Academy
at Jamina after the destruction of the Temple
Catholics (the overwhelming majority of
Christians) chose to use the Bible that Jesus used
Protestants recognized the Old Testament as the
Jewish Scripture so they deferred to the Jewish
choices
Questions
Talmud – Oral Torah
Commentary, explanation, “filling in
the holes” of Tanakh
Evolution of legal system
Originally, transmitted orally – thus,
“Oral Torah”
Persecution, increasing complexity
necessitated putting into writing
A Modern Torah Scroll