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The Copying & Content of the Canon Orthodox teaching claims only the original manuscripts are inerrant. Why then even discuss this? What of the originals is lost?
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The Copying & Content of the Canon
Orthodox teaching claims only the original manuscripts are inerrant.
Why then even discuss this?What of the originals is lost?
The Copying & Content of the Canon
We investigate…
To gain confidencein the text we have.
Because an intellectual faithis more robust than a blind faith.
The Copying & Content of the Canon
We are going to discuss…
Copying: how the text came to us throughout the ages.
Content: what books of the Bible are considered normative for God’s people – what can be called “Sacred Scripture.”
The Copying & Content of the Canon
*The faith of the Patriarchs
existed apart from a
written text for
Centuries.
*Sacred Literature began1st with God and then withMoses and the Pentateuch. *
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the Canon
“Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tabletsof the testimony in his hand,tablets that were written onboth sides; on the front andon the back they were written.The tablets were the work ofGod, and the writing was thewriting of God engraved onthe tablets.” Exodus 32:15,16
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the Canon
Oops!
“And as soon as he camenear the camp and saw thecalf and the dancing, Moses’anger burned hot, and hethrew the tablets out of hishand and broke them at thefoot of the mountain.” Exodus 32:19
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the Canon
Oops Recovered…
“The LORD said to Moses, ‘Cut for yourself two tabletsof stone like the first, and Iwill write on the tablets thewords that were on the firsttablets, which you broke.’” Exodus 34:1
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the CanonOld Testament
A Journeyof ~1000 Years
Moses:circa 1400 BC
Malachi:circa 450BC
Via theProphetic
Voice
The Copying & Content of the Canon
Final Collection: the Tanakh – KntTorah – Navi’im – Ketuvim
arqm/Miqra “that which is read”
No one ever disputed the Torah/Pentateuch.The Prophets (Navi’im) may have been
opposed in their ministries, but their writings were accepted.
Some of the Writings (Ketuvim) were disputed, but one Jewish tradition holds that the Great Assembly (~450 BC) settled on 24 books.
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the Canon
Final Collection: the Tanakh – KntTorah – Navi’im – Ketuvim
arqm/Miqra “that which is read”
Getting our 39 OT books out of the Hebrew 24:
They Have One Minor Prophet; We have 12Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, & Ezra Each are 1
Book
NB: There are Many DifferentOrderings of the OT.
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the Canon
Evidence of Internal Witness: Jeremiah’s (627-586 BC) life is “saved” by
Micah (8th century BC), Jer. 26:7-19. Use of the Old Testament in the Old
Testament, Psalm 95:7-11 references Exodus 17:1-7 & Numbers 20:2-13.
The Prophet’s continually make reference to the Torah, esp. Deuteronomy. See Isaiah 24:1-5; Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 16:59-63.
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the Canon
Evidence of a Scribal Hand& External Resources:
book of the wars of the LORD, Num. 21:14; book of Jasher, Josh. 10:13; book of the Acts of Solomon, 1 Kgs. 11:41; book of Samuel…Nathan…Gad the seer, 1 Chr. 29:29; et al.
“The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended,” Y72:20, and yet Y86, 101, 103, 108-110, 122, 124, 131, 133, 138-145. Also see Y90:0.
Do you think Moses wrote Deut. 34:1-12?
Old Testament
The Copying & Content of the CanonOld Testament
Amos 8:11-12Zech. 1:5,6
Traditional JewishThought
Moses:circa 1400 BC
Malachi:circa 450BC
Closing theProphetic
Voice
The Copying & Content of the CanonOld Testament
Why Did theProphetic Voice Close?
Every Answer is only Speculation
Sin: Malachi refers to the “blind and lame” sacrifices of those who returned. Many Jewish men intermarried upon returning to the land.
Failure to Return: A large number of the Jews chose to stay in Babylon/Persia.
Messianic Expectation: A lack of prophecy leaves a “God is not here” feeling in the community.
The Copying & Content of the Canon
New Testament Evidence for the Old:The Tanakh (Knt) is referred to in Luke
24:44 by Jesus Jesus makes reference to “the blood of Abel
to Zechariah,” Luke 11:51. Genesis 3 – 2 Chronicles 24:20-22.
The numerous references throughout the gospels to the text as God’s word: “it is written,” Matt. 4; “God commanded,” Matt. 15:3; Jesus calls God’s word “truth,” John 17:17.
Old Testament
