tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836001125267727609.post1672011784538698568..comments2023-09-27T05:12:31.333-04:00Comments on Ancient Christian Witness: Early Protestant Bibles with 80 books (39 Old Test. + 14 Apocrypha + 27 New Test)Jnormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749159886390240183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836001125267727609.post-57200987899683509422009-10-03T12:27:15.670-04:002009-10-03T12:27:15.670-04:00Thanks Vincent,
What I meant by "before the...Thanks Vincent, <br /><br />What I meant by "before the printing press" was 76(80) all in one binding. Back in the day, they were mostly scattered in different bindings.<br /><br />But thanks for the info!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />ICXC NIKAJnormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749159886390240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836001125267727609.post-23313603512087149542009-10-02T02:55:32.314-04:002009-10-02T02:55:32.314-04:00I'm generally a fan of increasing people's...I'm generally a fan of increasing people's awareness and reception of the deutero-canonical materials. However, this post (and related comments) paint a more homogenous picture than is probably warranted by the evidence. For example, the apocryphal 2 Esdras was never in any Greek Bibles, we only have that from Latin. In the Septuagint, there is a book called Esdras B, but it contains the "proto"-canonical Ezra and Nehemiah, so it is not the same as the Latin 2/4 Esdras. On the other hand, there most certainly were 'complete' Bibles before the printing press. Early (4th-5th century) codexes like Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus contained the Old and New Testaments (including deutero-canonical materials - but not 2 Esdras, as they are in Greek). Some of the early codices included other materials that we'd categorize as 'Apostolic Fathers' now. (e.g. Sinaiticus contains the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas as well, and Codex Alexandrinus contained 14 Odes (which include the Prayer of Manasseh, which is often found as an appendix to the Vulgate editions) 1 and 2 Clement and an appendix, now missing, that probably included Psalms of Solomon and perhaps some other works.) And while Jerome's Vulgate did include the deutero-canonical materials, his prologues certainly read like he included them 'under duress' from his spiritual supervisors - he would have maintained a distinction between the canon of the Jews and the extra books that made up the Christian old testament if left to his own devices.Vincentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836001125267727609.post-38673092594157650482009-04-02T14:39:00.000-04:002009-04-02T14:39:00.000-04:00It's really 10 more books. I think the website I t...It's really 10 more books. I think the website I took this from added the extra chapters as books.....so that's why they said 14.<BR/><BR/><BR/>1.) I Esdras<BR/>2.) II Esdras<BR/>3.) Tobit<BR/>4.) Judith <BR/>5.) Wisdom of Solomon<BR/>6.) Ecclesiasticus<BR/>7.) Baruch <BR/>8.) The Prayer of Manasseh<BR/>9.) I Maccabees<BR/>10.) II Maccabees<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>JNORM888Jnormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749159886390240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836001125267727609.post-72474025091122802992009-04-02T09:36:00.000-04:002009-04-02T09:36:00.000-04:00thanks for the information can you list the names ...thanks for the information can you list the names of the 80 books?midmaxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169827242676376965noreply@blogger.com