Deuterocanonical Books - Jewish Position

Jewish Position

Judaism and most Protestant versions of the Bible exclude these books. It is commonly said that Judaism officially excluded the deuterocanonicals and the additional Greek texts listed here from their Scripture in the Council of Jamnia (c.70-90 AD), but this claim is also disputed.

Read more about this topic:  Deuterocanonical Books

Famous quotes containing the words jewish and/or position:

    “I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.”
    —Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

    “It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)