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The '''protocanonicals''' are those '''53 books of the [[Bible]]''' which were not disputed in the early [[Christianity|Christian Church]].
The '''protocanonicals''' are those 53 books of the Law and the Prophets which were not disputed in the early [[Christianity|Christian Church]].
Six Old Testament books were early excluded from the Bible by some highly respected Christian leaders. [[St. Athanasius]], a fourth century bishop of Alexandria, omitted [[Esther (Biblical book)|Esther]] from his list,<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806039.htm ''Letter 39''], Athanasius of Alexandria, English translation</ref> potentially having been influenced by an early 22-book [[Biblical Canon|Jewish canon]], possibly the one mentioned but not specified by [[Josephus]].<ref>[http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/29/29-1/29-1-pp037-046_JETS.pdf "Josephus and the Twenty-two-book Canon of Sacred Scripture", Duane L. Christiansen, professor of Old Testament languages and literature at [[American Baptist Seminary of the West]] in Berkeley, California.]</ref> [[Theodore of Mopsuestia]] omitted [[Song of Songs]], [[Ecclesiastes]], [[Book of Job|Job]], and [[Ezra (Biblical book)|Ezra]]-[[Nehemiah]] to obtain a listing of 22 books.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14571b.htm ''Theodore of Mopsuestia''], article from the Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>
Six Old Testament books were early excluded from the Bible by some highly respected Christian leaders. [[St. Athanasius]], a fourth century bishop of Alexandria, omitted [[Esther (Biblical book)|Esther]] from his list,<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806039.htm ''Letter 39''], Athanasius of Alexandria, English translation</ref> potentially having been influenced by an early 22-book [[Biblical Canon|Jewish canon]], possibly the one mentioned but not specified by [[Josephus]].<ref>[http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/29/29-1/29-1-pp037-046_JETS.pdf "Josephus and the Twenty-two-book Canon of Sacred Scripture", Duane L. Christiansen, professor of Old Testament languages and literature at [[American Baptist Seminary of the West]] in Berkeley, California.]</ref> [[Theodore of Mopsuestia]] omitted [[Song of Songs]], [[Ecclesiastes]], [[Book of Job|Job]], and [[Ezra (Biblical book)|Ezra]]-[[Nehemiah]] to obtain a listing of 22 books.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14571b.htm ''Theodore of Mopsuestia''], article from the Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>