In a message dated 10-4-1999 5:55:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Yes indeed, very well pointed out. The compilation of both Canons,
> Palestinian/Hebrew/Masoretic and Alexandrian/Greek Septuagint was in fact
> the accomplishment of Jewish scholars, and the Septuagint was *not,* as is
> commonly thought, the creation of either Roman Catholic or Orthodox
> churchmen.
>
> Fr Ambrose
>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the sense I've gotten is that the early
Christian church adopted the LXXII by default, because that was the edition
they were familiar with, not because any comparative study had been done to
see which edition was preferable. Also, the legend of how the LXXII was
written down seems to imply it could have no flaw. By the time of the
Protestant Reformation, it was known that Jews had a different arrangement of
the books, and didn't include the apocryphal books. So Protestants followed
the Jewish list, although with a different arrangment that, say, put Psalms
in almost the center rather than near the end. I assume they thought that
the Jewish list would be more authentic, or closer to the original text.
Does anyone have any dates for the closing of the canon for the various
faiths? One sees often that the canon for Catholics was set at the Council
of Trent. But what about other faiths?
pat sloane
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