Why Are Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Bibles Different?

Why Are Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Bibles Different?Jonathan PetersenContent manager for Bible Gateway 구약과 신약은 기본적으로 성부, 성자, 성령 하나님의 being 존재와 attributes 특성을 설명하는 것이고나머지는 세부적 행동 지침을 추가하는 것이라세부 설명으로 수십 권이 아니라 수천 권의 진본이든 사본이 있더라도결국 무한대+수천권=무한대라는 방정식처럼우리가 성자 하나님이신 예수 그리스도를 알고 믿는 그 자체로 영생 = 무한대이므로무한대이신 예수님께 수천권 더한 들 a drop in an ocean 더한도 덜함도 없겠으므로유한한 숫자 놀음/노름에 영생을 거는 우자가 되지 말자 지금 신약 27권을 다 꿰차고 그대로 행하기도 벅찬데 외경까지 더하면우리의 bird brain 새 머리가 안 터지면 이상하리라 하겠으나예수님께서는 신구약 66권을 하나님 사랑과 사람 사랑으로 요약하셨으니이 사랑만 잘해도 무한대 소유가 가능하지만 그 한 계명도 제대로 못 하는데무슨 외경 시비가 그리도 중요할까??? The Bible has three major compositions. The word canon is used to identify the collection of sacred books that comprise the Bible. The canon of the Protestant Bible totals 66 books—39 Old Testament (OT) and 27 New Testament (NT); the Catholic Bible numbers 73 books (46 OT, 27 NT), and Greek and Russian Orthodox, 79 (52 OT, 27 NT) (Ethiopian Orthodox, 81—54 OT, 27 NT). As you can see, the Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox New Testament canons are identical. So how and why are the Old Testament canons different? Not much of the original writing process of each book of the OT is known since the writings took place in the distant past for which historical provenance is scanty. Nonetheless, let’s begin at the beginning. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Bible Table of Contents] The Old Testament (also known as the Hebrew Bible or the Tanakh) The OT starts by assuming God exists as the written record recounts his creation of time and everything else. The Jewish leader Moses is generally accepted as the author of the first five books of the OT, called the Pentateuch. Since Moses lived around the 15th century BC, he describes historical events (creation, Noah, Abraham, etc.) that greatly precede his life, and he records events contemporary to his life (Egyptian bondage, the Exodus, wilderness wandering, etc.). It only takes a minute to create your own Bible Gateway free personal account and you’ll immediately upgrade your Bible Gateway experience. Do it right now! Israel had many prophets through its long history who were recognized as speakers for God, and their word was regarded as true by the faithful in the nation. The sacred writing of the OT books written on scrolls by a succession of prophets extend from around 1500 BC to 400 BC, as acknowledged by Jewish scholars in the centuries prior to the birth of Jesus (and then Protestant scholars in the centuries after his birth). Over time, as books were added to the canon and the scrolls became larger, books were grouped together. [Read Bible Gateway Blog posts that introduce you to the Bible] While it’s impossible to be certain, tradition has it that Ezra was mainly responsible for the collecting of the sacred writings into a recognized canon. Suffice it to say, as people were moved by the Holy Spirit to write the books, so people were led by the Spirit to preserve and treasure the books. There is no scholarly consensus as to when the Hebrew Bible canon was finalized, but it may have been around 100 BC. The Apocrypha (also known as the Deuterocanonical Books) * A·poc·ry·pha /əˈpäkrəfə/어파크리퍼 ; biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture. 외경 Apocrypha is the word applied technically to certain books—written by Jewish authors during the last two centuries BC and the first century AD—that were considered to be officially outside the Hebrew canon because of their esoteric content. In the third century BC, the Jewish Scripture, along with the Apocrypha (also known as deuterocanonical or “secondary canon”), was translated into Greek for the convenience of the many Jews who were not fluent in Hebrew. This translation is known as the Septuagint, Greek for seventy referring to the tradition that 72 rabbis worked on the translation. It’s often abbreviated as “LXX” (70 in Roman numerals). When the NT was being formed during the Early Church years, the LXX was in common use by Jews and Jewish Christians, and Christians adopted it as the OT of the Christian Bible. However, around AD 100, Jewish rabbis revised their Scripture and established an official canon of Judaism which excluded some portions of the Greek Septuagint. The material excluded was a group of 15 late Jewish books, written during the period 170 BC to AD 70, that were not found in Hebrew versions of the Jewish Scripture. The Early Church did not follow the revisions of Judaism and continued to use the text of the LXX as the OT. Sign up to get the Know the Bible free email lesson series from Bible Gateway. In the 1500s, when the church divided to become Catholic and Protestant, Protestant leaders decided to organize the OT books according to the official canon of Judaism rather than the LXX, moving that content into a separate section of the Bible called the Apocrypha; it stayed that way until the mid-1800s. Over time, believing the Apocrypha to be less important, Bible publishers eventually dropped it from most Protestant editions. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews] The Roman Catholic Church continued to base its OT on the LXX, as did the Orthodox Church, which accepted even more writings as being sacred. The result is that these versions of the Bible have more OT books than most Protestant versions. The Catholic Old Testament includes 1st Maccabees and 2nd Maccabees, Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, Tobit, Judith, The Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), additions to Esther, and the Prayer of Azariah along with the stories of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon which are included in the book of Daniel. The Orthodox Old Testament includes these plus 1st Esdras and 2nd Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, and 3rd Maccabees and 4th Maccabees, some being in an appendix. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Our Daily Bread University Videos Teach You the Bible on Bible Gateway] While there are differences between the Bibles, the majority of their OT books are the same, as are all of their NT books.  In the end, it’s important to remember the words of Hebrews 4:12 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Click the links below to read entries from the Encyclopedia of the Bible on Bible Gateway:Canon of the Old TestamentApocrypha / DeuterocanonicalBibleThe best value in digital Bible study is your membership in Bible Gateway Plus. Try it during a FREE trial period right now!출처 입력Related posts:The Bible Table of Contents The New Catholic Bible on Bible Gateway: An Interview with Emilie Cerar What is the Bible?: An Interview with Ryan M. 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