2007-02-25 02:54:32 · 2 answers · asked by hiphopnigga 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because while it was in the LXX texts it was not in the Majority Texts (M).
Better safe than sorry. Besides, it doesn't change the message of the Bible in any way.
2007-02-25 18:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The book of Odes is actually a short collection of prayers and canticles from both the Old and New Testaments - Rahlf's LXX places the Odes after the book of Psalms ... Included in the Odes are two Odes of Moses, the Prayer of Manasseh, the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Youths ... The prayer of Hannah - mother of Samuel,
Excepting the Prayer of Manassah, each of the Odes can be found in other books of the Bible. The main source for the Book of Odes as far as original texts is the Codex Alexandrianus ...
Now, although it is contained in Alexandrianus, it's not in Vaticanus nor Sinaiticus --- and it is not considered to be "canonical" scripture by Orthodox or Catholic ... it is included in the Orthodox Bible as one of the Anaginoskoinena Books "worthy to be read", but it is not "canonical".
As for the reason it's only in the Orthodox Bible is most probably because every Western translation of the Old Testament is descended from either the Latin Vulgate (Jerome's translation from Old Latin using Hebrew scriptures for the Old Testament) or from the Masoretic Text (Hebrew translation from Old Hebrew into more contemporary form - executed in the 8th Century AD) even though the Apostles and early Church fathers used the LXX for their scriptures.
2014-01-30 21:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by Mister Tibbs 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋