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Apocrypha

The apocrypha are 'hidden' Old Testament books included in the Roman Catholic Bible and also (somewhat differently) the Orthodox Bible, but not the Jewish Bible or the Protestant Bibles.

Christianity arose at a time when Judaism had not yet made a decision as to what scriptures should be formally included in its Bible. The early Christians accepted all the books that they knew the Jews to regard as holy, and treated them as biblical. The Council of Jamnia met at the end of the first century and, after much debate, selected those books to be regarded as part of the Tanach, or Hebrew Bible, omitting the books that came to be known as the Apocrypha, or Deuterocanonical books. Protestant Churches chose to accept the Jewish decision to exclude the apocryphal books.

Septuagint

The Septuagint was a flawed, second-century-BCE translation into Greek of the Hebrew scriptures. Because of the split between Christianity and Judaism, Christian theologians could not read the Hebrew language or learn of the faults in the Septuagint. When Jewish religious leaders pointed out some of the differences, many claimed that the Jews had altered their own scriptures in order to undermine Christianity. The Dead Sea Scroll include pre-Christian copies of many of the Old Testament books, proving that the Masoretic texts now used by Judaism are actually quite close to the pre-Christian texts.

The author of Matthew's Gospel relied on the Septuagint for Old Testament references, although of course Jesus would never have actually used it. One of the most famous outcomes of Matthew's reliance on the Septuagint is in his reference to Isaiah 7:14 as a prophecy that Jesus would be born of a virgin. And in the Septuagint, Isaiah 7:14 really does refer to a virgin bearing a child, even if not referring to Jesus himself. However, the real Book of Isaiah merely says that 'the young woman' would bear a child, which she does a few verses later in Isaiah.

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Does the Septuagint include the apocrypha?

The Septuagint was a Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament scriptures, with each book written on a separate scroll. There was no single, bound 'Bible' that could definitively identify which books were included and which were not. The apocrypha were translated into Greek and are considered to have been part of the Septuagint.


What has the author Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton written?

Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton is known for his work in producing a translation of the Bible. He is best recognized for his translation of the Septuagint, a Greek version of the Old Testament, into English. This translation is commonly referred to as the Brenton Septuagint.


When and by whom was the Septuagint established as an official version of the bible?

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Why isn't the Septuagint included in the Bible?

Septuagint is a first Greek translation of the Bible.


Why was the apocrypha include in the bible?

The apocrypha was NOT included in the Bible. These are the books rejected by Jews who cannonized the scriptures.


How did the septuagint affect the way various christian groups view the biblical canon tody?

The septuagint influenced the great fourth-century scholar Jerome in preparing his Vulgate translation, which became the standard Latin version of the Bible for many centuries. Thus, both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles include the Apocrypha in their canon. While other Christians do not consider the books of the Apocrypha canonical, most modern translations include them since they are studied for their contribution to understanding the history of period in which they developed.


Why apocrypha were not put in to the holy bible?

Some people believe the works known as "the Apocrypha" are not genuine.


Is septuagint is part of Jewish scripture?

No. The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.


What is the name of the Bible containing maccabees?

The volume that contains the books of 1 and 2 Maccabees is called the Apocrypha. Those books and several others considered noncanonical (not authoritative doctrinally) were ultimately excluded from the Jewish and Protestant renditions of the Bible, though historically they were included in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Jewish Bible), the Vulgate (a Latin translation of the Bible) and a number of other earlier translations, including Luther's Bible and the 1611 King James version. The Apocrypha are still included today, however, in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox renditions of the Bible.


What is the Septuagint?

Jewish scholars in Alexandria translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek, a version known as the Septuagint.


What is the Greek version of the Bible?

It is called the Septuagint.


Was the Apocrypha a part of the King James translation of the Bible?

no