Have you ever read the Apocryphical books of the bible?

Question

Are the books sexist and degrading according to today's standards.

...towards women. (sorry)

Answer 1

Yes I have read them. I do not find them sexist in the doctrines that they teach. The apocrypha were named such during the Protestant Reformation, in which Luther declared what he believed the canon of the Bible should be according to the new doctrines he conceived. The 'apocrypha' or more accurately, the deuterocanonicals were the books he finally let loose by the awesome authority that I guess he possessed. (who knew?)

Anyways, it is very easy to see some sexist concepts in much of the Bible. Many people have trouble with Ephesians 5 because it seems to demean women. It seems to be sexist. But it is not.

Remember that "today's standards" typically is synonymous with "today's fads." Standards suggests that our modern society has a better grasp of morality than previous cultures. That is what some believe, but it is easily disproved. God's Word is eternal and makes sense for human life at all points in time. At this point our society has built up a value system that looks negatively on the way God proposes that women and men are equal.

Just keep that in mind as you read the Bible.

Oh and on a funny side note. Many Protestants hold that they KNOW the apocrypha couldn't be a part of the Bible and God's inspired word because a true believer just knows God's word when they hear it.

A survey was conducted to see if truly a Protestant of Reformed background could indeed tell which verse is canonical and which was apocryphal. The results turned out to be as if they were randomly assigned answers. On average, a difference could not be perceived.

Answer 2

Yes. They are additional books of half-a-dozen or so minor Prophets [Maccabees, Ruth, Baruch, Syriac, etc.] appended to the OT by the RCC in the 16th century AD, whose scriptures were not considered necessary in the canon law of both Jewish and Protestant religions.

I didn't find any sexist statement there other than the verses outlined in Paul's Epistle/Letter to the Corinthians [14:24...].

SIDEBAR: I still wonder why Saul/Paul's works play a more dominant role in their inclusion in the NT of the Bible, compared to Gospels and Epistles of ANY OTHER of the [Twelve] Apostles and the many men and women Disciples who were ACTUAL WITNESSES of Jesus. For certain, Jesus affected thousands of them and healed many when He walked on the Earth...

Peace be with you!

Answer 3

No the Bible is not degrading to women. You need to read Genisis when God made Adam a helpmeet. Many men in todays society think they own women which is so wrong in the sight of God.

Answer 4

The Apocryphical books were not added in the King James version because in the N,T. its written that the Oracles of God [old testament w/o the Ap books] was given to the Jews. They probably don't teach that in seminaries anymore.
http://www.letsdiscussjesus.org/bible.html#Is%20Our%20Present%20Text%20Reliable?

Answer 5

Actually, no, they are not. Some of the stories are quite funny in my opinion, and in some you get a sort of broader picture of what life back then must have been like.

Are they correct and true stories? Naw, not all of them. I have to wonder on a few of them, especially the stories of Adam and Eve. After reading them, you really have to wonder about ole Adam lol, he was quite the idiot sometimes lol.

Answer 6

I took a class studying the Old testament in the Bible.
If you ask me, in every book, no matter what book it is
women are being degraded.

Answer 7

Many years ago


http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html