I found an Oxford Bible at a thrift store that included one or two extra books. I dont recall the names. Can someone please give me some information on this subject?
Books not found in other Bibles
by homme perdu 13 Replies latest watchtower bible
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under74
maybe they're part of the Apocrypha?
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Crumpet
I think they are called the Apochrypha, but when they decided which books should go in the authorised version based on the squillions of translations around these books werent in all of them so they missed them out. I think the King James has them...NWT doesn't.
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Narkissos
http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/
(under the heading "Deuterocanon")
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fleaman uk
I believe that JW,s believed in the historicity of the Apocrypha but not the inspiration that the other Books allegedly had.If memory serves me well any way. Lol
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A Paduan
The Catholic compilation of books (ie. "The Bible"), included/includes more books in their understandings than the Jews did. Protestants and other groups (eg the jws) have since clipped the Catholic compilation in line with their own belief of what should be "The Bible"
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Narkissos
JW,s believed in the historicity of the Apocrypha but not the inspiration that the other Books allegedly had.
That's the classic Protestant stance (which goes with the term "apocrypha" to name the texts Catholics -- and politically correct Protestants -- call "deuterocanonical"), in the words of Luther, not "inspired" but "useful to read".
Interestingly they were included in most Protestant Bibles until the 19th century (albeit separated from the Protestant OT canon and often in smaller type, with a critical advertisement). Then the Bible Societies, under the influence of "orthodox" (= fundamentalist) Churches and missions, decided to drop them. For instance, at some point the British and Foreign Bible Society decided that no subvention would be granted for the printing of French Bibles including the Apocrypha. Now times have changed...
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homme perdu
here are the books of the NA Bible
OT:
NT:
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hmike
I have an Oxford Annotated Bible (RSV). It includes the Apocrypha?books from OT times not recognized as part of the canon of scripture by most:
1 & 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Additions to Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Prayer of Azariah and the Song of Three Young Men, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Manasseh, 1 & 2 Maccabees
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the_classicist
It includes the Apocrypha?books from OT times not recognized as part of the canon of scripture by most:
I hate to tell you hmike, but Protestants aren't the centre of the universe, I believe 1 billion Catholics and most other Christians before the Reformation had these books in their bible.
The Catholic Canon includes: Tobit, Judith, Greek parts of Esther, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, Greek parts of the Book of Daniel, 1&2 Maccabees.
In the Greek and Slavonic Bibles (plus those in the Catholic canon): 1 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, and 3 Maccabees.
In the Slavonic Bible: 2 Esdras
In an appendix to the Greek Bible: 4 Maccabees.
It's interesting to note that Luther, besides rejecting the "apocrypha," also rejected some NT books such as James (and I think Revelations).