Why do protestants follow the Jewish bible and not the Christian?

Question

I mean the Jewish canon of the Old testament rather than the one in Septuginta.
Jesus wasn't bound by Jewish councils. Jamnia in the first century.

Of course all christans have the old testament but my question was why are protestants listening rather to a Jewish council in the 1 st century then to the Church.

Answer 1

Generally I think Protestants reacted against the Catholics acceptance of the additional parts of the Septuagint. Most Protestants are generally ignorant of the fact that the 1611 KJV included the Apocrypha while their current printing of the KJV leaves those works out.

The Catholics generally come from the mindset that the Hebrew texts were not as authorative as the Greek Septuagint, and that the Latin Vulgate was even more authoritative than the Greek. When the Trioglot was first published with the text in three columns: Latin in the middle, Hebrew on the left and Greek on the right, Jerome compared it to "two theives hanging on either side of the perfect Christ". This show the general distain that the Catholics had for anything other than the Latin.

There are "KJV Only" style Protestants who take a similar view of the KJV being "that which is perfect". Again, not that they would accept the fact that the 1611 had the Apocrypha included.

Then there is the entire question of what it means to "accept". Generally, Protestants tend to believe that the "Old Testament" is "done away with". That is to say, they do not "accept" it as being instructions for how they themselves are to live their lives. Yes, not murdering and not commiting adultry they can generally live with. But keeping kosher and honoring the 7th day as the Sabbath they would generally complain is just too legalistic.

Answer 2

"We Protestants" follow the Old Testament, just as "those Catholics".

Surprise, surprise, Christianity is the growth in revelation that started with Abraham and the Jewish "religion". The bible tell us that the Jews, on the whole, rejected the truth so the gospel went to the Gentiles.

Jesus may have rejected the "councils" but not the religion.

Answer 3

I can't speak for other protestants, but I follow the new testament. I do study the old but I am not under the laws of the old testament. I am under the grace of Christ seen in the gospels of the new testament and am not sure what the Septuginta is ... or at least have never heard it called that.

Answer 4

Where did you get your info?
From my studies, the Protestant churches do not even accept the 'books of the Bible' that the Jews do.

Answer 5

where you get your info? all christian, protestant, catholic bibles are cheap translations from the real bible