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Why does the Catholic Old Testament have more books than the Protestant Old Testament?

Why does the Catholic Old Testament have more books than the Protestant Old Testament?. Translation of Jewish scriptures into Greek – 3 rd century BC -- Egypt Why? Greek rulers wanted a copy of the Law of Jewish subjects

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Why does the Catholic Old Testament have more books than the Protestant Old Testament?

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  1. Why does the Catholic Old Testament have more books than the Protestant Old Testament?

  2. Translation of Jewish scriptures into Greek – 3rd century BC -- Egypt • Why? Greek rulers wanted a copy of the Law of Jewish subjects • 1 & 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Wisdom, Baruch, Tobit, Judith – deuterocanonical (second canon) – written in Greek, not Hebrew • Used by all Christians – until the Protestant Reformation in 16th century • Protestants rejected books not written in Hebrew • Why? (1) not quoted in the New Testament; (2) Reaction to Council of Trent

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