@Anquiroveritas@BishopJaxi@mannymunoz77 Josephusβ 22 = the 24-book Tanakh, same books, different count. Thatβs the Hebrew canon Christ and the apostles used. Your βlater Rabbinicβ dodge is pure cope. The apocrypha never made it, little misinformed buddy.
@Anquiroveritas@BishopJaxi@mannymunoz77 Jesus affirmed the closed Hebrew canon (Lk 24:44; Mt 23:35, Abel to Zechariah). Josephus confirms 22 books fixed long before 70 AD. Palestinian jews never accepted the apocrypha as Scripture. No pre-Christian fixed wider canon existed. History refutes you.
@BishopJaxi@mannymunoz77 The apostles never handed us a numbered list of books either yet WE know the canon. Scripture is self-attesting by the Spirit. Your cope for one early source listing every name and number just shows romeβs need for an infallible referee. Youβre arguing like a mormon or muslim.
@Anquiroveritas@BishopJaxi@mannymunoz77 First of all, youβre mistaken. Itβs 39 books, not 30. Jesus affirmed the closed Hebrew canon in Luke 24:44 and Matt 23:35. Josephus confirms it long before 70 AD. Palestinian Jews used it. You wrote pure historical fiction.
@LindaHConley13 The roman church didnβt βgiveβ us Christians the Bible; God-breathed Scripture was recognized by the early church long before Damasus. You added the apocrypha in the 1500s and still baptize infants with zero NT warrant. Every biblical baptism follows faith. Tradition β Scripture