I apologize. I thought we were in agreement that your list in #39 was accurate. I thought you understood that I have been asserting that historically it lacked a few inspired books. I should have answered you directly: YES, we agree!!
If "
No church ever made a writing authoritative" then WHO made the KJV of the bible the authoritative Bible for you? Why did you choose the KJV and not any other version?
The Sadducees Jews and the Pharisees Jews were of the Palestine area during Jesus time. Diaspora Jews
far outnumbered the Jews in Palestine before the destruction of Jerusalem. All three sects had a different list of inspired books. Soooooo....once again you have to decide which Jewish sect you want to pick to back up your theory. Which one do you choose to get your list of inspired books from?
The Jews do not have a closed canon because their Messiah has not yet come. So if they add new books to the
Tenakh, are you going to accept those new books as inspired also?
Why do you accept what books the Jews have to say are inspired and not what books The Church has said are inspired?
The Jews say that the NT books are not inspired. Do you accept that notion?