| | ::'''Η ΒΙΒΛΟΣ''' ''E BIBLOS'', "The Bible". | | ::'''Η ΒΙΒΛΟΣ''' ''E BIBLOS'', "The Bible". |
| − | Bible scholars have pointed out that Jesus and the apostles never quoted from the Old Testament books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. Others add to the list Judges, Ruth, Lamentations, Obadiah, Jonah, and Zephaniah. This does not mean these books are not inspired. Jonah is certainly mentioned but the book bearing his name is not directly quoted. Jesus himself quoted 24 different Old Testament books.<ref>[https://www.knowableword.com/2013/03/27/11-old-testament-books-never-quoted-in-the-new-testament/ 10 Old Testament Books Never Quoted in the New Testament, by Peter Krol (knowableword.com)] <br> [http://www.bible.ca/b-canon-old-testament-quoted-by-jesus-and-apostles.htm A list of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament. Books quoted by Jesus and other New Testament writers. By a Conservative Bible Believer (bible.ca)]</ref> | + | Bible scholars have pointed out that Jesus and the apostles never quoted from the Old Testament books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. Others add to the list Judges, Ruth, Lamentations, Obadiah, Jonah, and Zephaniah. This does not mean these books are not inspired. Jonah is certainly mentioned but the book bearing his name is not directly quoted. Jesus himself quoted 24 different Old Testament books.<ref>[https://www.knowableword.com/2013/03/27/11-old-testament-books-never-quoted-in-the-new-testament/ 10 Old Testament Books Never Quoted in the New Testament, by Peter Krol (knowableword.com)] <br> [http://www.bible.ca/b-canon-old-testament-quoted-by-jesus-and-apostles.htm Canon of the Bible. A list of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament. Books quoted by Jesus and other New Testament writers. A Conservative Biblical Perspective, By Steve Rudd, (bible.ca)]</ref> |
| | The books included by Jerome in the Vulgate also include First Esdras (which is not the Book of Ezra), Second Esdras (an apocalypse written after the destruction of the temple A.D. 70 with the addition of an ancient Christian preface, chapters 1 and 2, sometimes called 5 Ezra, and ancient Christian epilogue, chapters 15 and 16, sometimes called 6 Ezra), and the Prayer of Manasses or Manasseh. | | The books included by Jerome in the Vulgate also include First Esdras (which is not the Book of Ezra), Second Esdras (an apocalypse written after the destruction of the temple A.D. 70 with the addition of an ancient Christian preface, chapters 1 and 2, sometimes called 5 Ezra, and ancient Christian epilogue, chapters 15 and 16, sometimes called 6 Ezra), and the Prayer of Manasses or Manasseh. |