Chapter 5

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The old testament CANON

This is the canon of the bible

It refers to the list of O.T. and N.T. books accepted by the Catholic Church as being divinely inspired

We call the Jewish people Janakn

Janakn- Hebrew term for O.T

It is an indispensable part of the Cristian bible also

The old covenant between god and the jews has never been revoked

The O.T. was written in Hebrew and some Greek

Greek- later for Jewish community Called Septuagint

in Greek speaking Alexandria, Egypt

New testament written in Greek and Aramaic- a form of Hebrew but far enough from it to need its own translator

During the early Christian centuries there were 2 listings of Canonical Writings

1. The longer list which was the Septuagint, had an additional 7 books that the prostants reformers rejected and they would call those 7 extra books the Deuterocanonical books because do not believe that those 7 books are inspired by God

They went with the shorter list which was the

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