why are the Books of Jasher, Enoch, Jubilies not in the bible?

Question

also the books of Adam and Eve and Noah??

according to your answers, I already realize these and other books did not make the canon cut, however when reading these books they fill alot of the gaps in the bible and help give more detailed inofrmation about what was going on back in the bible days. I am just wondering under what decision were these books left out?

Answer 1

well the learned men--in th DARK AGES, deemed they dint fit with there beliefs of a FLAT EARTH, and heaven above the clouds.ignorant people[as in uneducated]for there time. long, long ago, make ignorant chooses.

Christianity is the religion of the DARK AGES

and has to be dragged and kicking into the space age.god made the earth--one of trillions.

Answer 2

The books you mention are not included in the Bible because they are not the words of God but are the words of just men. There are many examples of people using the characters and names from the Bible to make their own books. With history and a little investigation it becomes clear why they were not added. The original version of these other books were secular historical books and although would collaborate with God's word in the Bible, they themselves are not God's words. The Book of Jasher you mention, and there have been many,[1] must be a much later creation that are only named after the originals mentioned in the Bible for obvious historical reasons. Because you mention that it covers the time of Abraham and supports the Islamic ideas of him supporting Ishmael. This is at least 500 years before the items the Bible mentions the original Book of Jasher covered, Joshua 10:13. Also these have been repeatedly traced back to origins in the middle ages, not Biblical times. The book of Enoch also was rejected from inclusion in the Jewish scriptures due to it's claims to be before most of the other books in the Old Testament but it's obvious use and copy from "later" texts like in Deuteronomy [2] Plus other issues shows that those books that claim to have been missed were excluded for good reasons, they are not the words of God. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Simple answer: they are not canonical.

So what makes a book canonical? The Old Testament (the 39 books from Genesis to Malachi) was validated by Jesus, since he used, quoted from, and referred to it as such. The New Testament (27 books from Matthew to Revelation) was accepted as Scripture by hundreds of unconnected groups of Christians in the early church (about A.D. 30 to 100 or so). The fact that they all independently but simultaneously came up with the same list of canonical books is the reason that these books began to be compiled into one unit. Throughout this time period, as books were written, they were either accepted into the canon, or rejected. Eventually, in the 300's to 400's and later, there were several church councils (council of Nicea, Trent, Constantinople etc) to declare publicly which books should be used. However, these councils did not decide the canon (since it had been used in hundreds of small churches already), they only declared it and made it official.

Answer 4

As for the New Testament the church leaders were guided by 3 elements in determining whether or not books would be included in the canon.

1 They went by the "rule of faith" which meant that the book followed the beliefs understood and accepted by the church to be correct.

2 The book had to be written by an apostle or someone associated with an apostle.

3 The book had to be widely accepted geographically by the church.

Any book that did not meet these criteria was not accepted into the canon of scripture.

Answer 5

They are lost. So are many other books, especially the Book of the Law and the complete Chronicles of the Kings of Judah and the Kings of Israel.

The Book of the Law is all of the specific laws commanded to the Israelites from God to Moses. The Torah contains some but probably not all of them.

The Chronicles would give all the edicts, decrees, military and political events, etc. of each King.

Answer 6

Not every ancient writting should be considered Scripture. The "accepted" Canocal Books are carefully selected based upon authorship, dating, and early testimony

Answer 7

read them and see nothing in there that is not already in the Bible so were they supposed to include everything. How big would the Bible have been then.

Answer 8

They didn't conform to the beliefs of the proto-orthodoxy while the cannon was being assembled.

Answer 9

Chosen to be left out, pure and simple, as it didn't appease the ones who placed the bible together... NOTICE MAN????

Answer 10

They weren't inspired writings.