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Of a truth once a tradition becomes established, it is difficult to change. Yet
Jerome knew better. He had a rationale, a
wrong rationale, for making these ...
In A.D. 391 Jerome said the following, “
As, then, there are twenty-two elementary characters by means of which we write in Hebrew … so we reckon twenty-two books, by which, as by the alphabet of the doctrine of God, a righteous man is instructed…”
1 Yes, Jerome understood that the Hebrew Old Testament contained 22 books coinciding with the 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, not 39. And to this day the Jewish translations contain 22 Old Testament books. The books and arrangement or order of the books has never been lost. Even Josephus, in Book 1, Section 8 of his famous work,
Antiquities of the Jews, recognized “only 22 books.”
Concerning the New Testament, E.W. Bullinger in his Companion Bible made this bold statement: “
Our English Bibles follow the order as given in the Latin Vulgate. This order, therefore, depends on the arbitrary judgment of one man, Jerome. All theories based on this order rest on human authority, and are thus without any true foundation.”
2 Dr. Bullinger has hit the nail on the head!
The scholar, now deceased, who has done the most research, in the author’s assessment, on the issue of Bible book order, is Earnest Martin. His 1994 book entitled,
Restoring the Original Bible, is the most systemic, documented, referenced and scholarly work on the Inspired Order of the Bible. It’s available for $24 from his Web site:
http://www.askelm.com.
The Order should be: 49 Inspired Books, not 66 [the number of Man]
Table 1
Inspired Order of the Old Testament:
Table 2
Inspired Order of the New Testament:
Christ Himself gives us the Correct Order the Old Testament should follow in Luke 24:44
44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
It should read like the Tanakh:
Law
Prophets
Psalms/Writings
But ROMAN Catholic Jerome flip flopped Prophets and Psalms
So, anyone thinking the Latin Vulgate and the English Bibles are legit According to God, are being FOOLED!
Should be 49 Inspired Books and the Order should be Law/Prophets/Psalms-Writings + New Testament is out of Order as well!
How TERRIBLE is it that Jerome did not even Follow Jesus' Own Correct Order in Luke 24:44?
44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Law
Prophets
Psalms/Writings
To purposefully not follow God's Order is Rebellion, the same as Witchcraft!
Plus, he admits there's only 22 O.T. Books and then creates 39 Books!
The man is no Saint, he is a DEMON Possessed Maniac!
