Versions of the Bible
Protestants accept only 66 books in the Bible while Catholics hold that there are 73 books in the Bible. The difference is found in the Old Testament. There are 7 books found in the Catholic Bible that are not found in the Protestant versions. Catholics call these deuterocanonicals, and Protestants call this apocryphal books. The difference between the number of books contained into versions of the Old Testament is rooted in history, geography and language.
The Old Testament was being written by Jews as late as the first century B.C. By this time, Jews were living in Israel as well as other parts of the world. The Jews in Israel eventually accepted 39 books as inspired Scriptures. All of these books were other Jews who had compiled a list of 46 books considered to be inspired Scripture. These books were written in Greek and are known as the Septuagint.
Christians in the first century A.D. ( Anno Domini In the year of the Lord) were also writing their own sacred texts that eventually became the New Testament. The majority of these sacred texts were written in Greek, This text eventually numbered 27 books. Since Greek was the language of Christianity, it was not a problem for Christians to also accept the Greek version of the Old Testament- the version that included 46 books.
By the fifth century A.D. this Greek version of the Bible which included 73 books ( 46 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament, was translated into Latin by Saint Jerome so that everyone might understand it, since Latin was the official language of the Roman Empire at the time. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible became the staple Bible for over a thousand years.
Then the Christians protestant Reformation happened in the fifteenth century. In the midst of the Reformation, Martin Luther composed a German translation of the Bible complete in 1534. He chose not to use Saint Jerome's Latin translation as his starting point or the Greek manuscripts from which Jerome produced his translation. Rather, Martin Luther returned to the Hebrew version of the Old Testament that excluded the 7 deuterocanonicals books written only in Greek. Luther did retain the 7 books in an appendix. Other Protestant reforms adopted Luther's German translation of the Bible that had a total of 66 books ( 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament) The 7 druterocanonical books are Judith, Tobit, 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch.
Protestants accept only 66 books in the Bible while Catholics hold that there are 73 books in the Bible. The difference is found in the Old Testament. There are 7 books found in the Catholic Bible that are not found in the Protestant versions. Catholics call these deuterocanonicals, and Protestants call this apocryphal books. The difference between the number of books contained into versions of the Old Testament is rooted in history, geography and language.
The Old Testament was being written by Jews as late as the first century B.C. By this time, Jews were living in Israel as well as other parts of the world. The Jews in Israel eventually accepted 39 books as inspired Scriptures. All of these books were other Jews who had compiled a list of 46 books considered to be inspired Scripture. These books were written in Greek and are known as the Septuagint.
Christians in the first century A.D. ( Anno Domini In the year of the Lord) were also writing their own sacred texts that eventually became the New Testament. The majority of these sacred texts were written in Greek, This text eventually numbered 27 books. Since Greek was the language of Christianity, it was not a problem for Christians to also accept the Greek version of the Old Testament- the version that included 46 books.
By the fifth century A.D. this Greek version of the Bible which included 73 books ( 46 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament, was translated into Latin by Saint Jerome so that everyone might understand it, since Latin was the official language of the Roman Empire at the time. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible became the staple Bible for over a thousand years.
Then the Christians protestant Reformation happened in the fifteenth century. In the midst of the Reformation, Martin Luther composed a German translation of the Bible complete in 1534. He chose not to use Saint Jerome's Latin translation as his starting point or the Greek manuscripts from which Jerome produced his translation. Rather, Martin Luther returned to the Hebrew version of the Old Testament that excluded the 7 deuterocanonicals books written only in Greek. Luther did retain the 7 books in an appendix. Other Protestant reforms adopted Luther's German translation of the Bible that had a total of 66 books ( 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament) The 7 druterocanonical books are Judith, Tobit, 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch.
3 comments:
When Jesus quoted Scripture, it was the Septuagint that He was quoting from. If it was good enough for Him, it's good enough for me. ;-)
Hey, the colors are different than they were a minute ago. Are you up playing? lol
Great point Paula!
Yes I was playing! LOL
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