It is my understanding that the Hebrew Bible and what we call the Old
Testament are not one and the same. The Hebrew Bible excludes books that
were preserved in Greek but not in Hebrew. Therefore Hannukah
notwithstanding, the books of the Maccabees are not part of the Hebrew
Bible. As I said, this is my understanding...
I'd also like to second someone's motion that medievalists pay attention
to approaches to medieval art/lit/history which seem anachronistic, too
post-modern, inappropriate for various and sundry reasons, primarily
because one must not assume (or even suggest) that medieval folk were at
all like us. The current attitude reminds me of a Garry Trudeau cartoon
of a commencement speaker who, in his zeal to offend no one, got up and
said: "Congratulations and good evening."
KW
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> In a message dated 03/26/2000 11:07:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> > If I remember correctly, the first "complete" bible was put together in the
> > 7th or 8th century in northern England. Still, through most of the Middle
> > Ages, a complete set of scriptures was a rarity.
> > s
> > mark
> >
> What about Jewish Bibles (the OT)? When Augustine refers to "the books of the
> Jews," I get a sense that he has a discrete set of books in mind.
>
> pat sloane
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