The Jewish OT was being used in its totality long before there was a RCC.
The
Jewish Canon was
OPEN during the life of
Christ.
Time for another
History Lesson, Einstein . . .
Not long after the
destruction of Jerusalem, a group of Rabbis established a
rabbinical school in the Jewish city of at
Jabneh (or
Jamnia). This location became
center for Jewish political and religious political thought. Because the
Temple had been destroyed in
70 AD – this school led by
Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph (A.D. 37-137) redefined certain aspects of Judaism until the Temple could be
restored.
One of the things discussed was use of the
Greek translation of the
Old Testament (the Septuagint) by early Christians. The name,
“Septuagint", comes from the number of scholars
(70) who translated the
Hebrew texts into
Greek.
Still with me?
Good – because
here is where it gets
REALLY interesting . . .
At this gathering, they decided to eject
7 Books (and portions of
Esther and
Daniel) that they felt were
“uninspired”. They provided a
new Greek translation because the early Christians were
converting the Jews using the
Septuagint, which was compiled about
200 years
before the birth of Christ. According to historical sources, the rabbinical gathering at Jabneh was
not even an
"official" council with
binding authority to make such a decision. It can be
clearly shown that
Jesus and the
Apostles studied and quoted from these
7 Books. In the New Testament, we see almost
200 references to them.
The
main advocate for removing the
7 Deuterocanonical Books was
Rabbi Akiba, who was also known for proclaiming that a man named
Simon Bar Kokhba was the “
real” Messiah during the
2nd Jewish Revolt (circa 132 AD). It was during
THIS time that the
Jewish Canon had still been an
OPEN Canon during the life of
Christ was
closed.
So,
YOUR Protestant Father,
Luther, chose to go with a
POST-Christ, POST-Temple Canon of Scripture that was declared by a
FALSE Prophet (Akiva) who proclaimed a
FALSE “Christ” (Kokhba).
Good job . . .