Old Testament Introduction

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Old TestamentIntroduction

• Canon
• Text

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• What is
• the Old Testament?

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Canon Cannon?
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Hebrew Canon
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Canon Chart
JUDAISM JUDAISM JUDAISM
Law Prophets Writings
Genesis Joshua Psalms
Exodus Judges Proverbs
Leviticus Samuel Job
Numbers Kings Song of Songs
Deuteronomy The Twelve Ruth
Isaiah Lamentations
Jeremiah Ecclesiastes
Ezekiel Esther
Daniel Ezra-Nehemiah
Chronicles
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Hebrew Canon
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Hebrew Canon

• Josiah2 Kings 22
• Book of the Law
• Exile

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Hebrew Canon

• EzraAuthoritative Torah!
• Judaism

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Hebrew Canon

• Dead Sea Scrolls

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Hebrew Canon

• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Biblical Texts
• Pesharim
• Sectarian Texts
• Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

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Hebrew Canon

• New Testament
• Most quoted OT book?
• Non-biblical book quoted?

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Hebrew Canon

• Early Judaism
• Main debate?
• 22 or 24 book canon?
• Early Church
• Jerome
• Augustine

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Hebrew Canon
39 Books (Today order)   228, 24 (Josephus, 22, Jerome accounting 24)  
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers Deuteronomy 5 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy 5
Joshua, Judges, I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings 6 Joshua, Judges, Samuel (I II), Kings (I II) 4
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi 15 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the 12 Minor Prophets 4
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, I Chronicles, II Chronicles 13 Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles (I II) 11
Total Books 39   24
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Canon Chart
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• Scripture isnt Scripture until
• Someone says it is!

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Text and Language of the Old Testament
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Text and Language

• Masoretic TextHebrew

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Text and Language

• Aramaic
• ?????? or ???????

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Text and Language

• GreekSeptuagint

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Development of OT Text