2007-11-16 23:01:41 · 6 answers · asked by HiThere 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We read the Book of Esther the night before Purim.
2007-11-17 08:43:07 · update #1
Its simple really- in the time of Ezra the Sanhedrin prayed for true Avodah Zarah to be removed from the world. The problem is, that when that was removed, so was prophecy- meaning that Micah, who was in the time of Ezra, was the last prophet and nothing written after that time was written with prophecy. The books in the Tanach were all written by prophets or by people being divinely inspired. Since Sefer Hamakabim and Sefer Yehudit (as well as some others like Sefer Kuzari) are from after that time, they are not considered to meet the requirement of being written by a prophet or by somebody being prophetically inspired, to be included in the Tanach.
2007-11-17 19:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Maccabees and Judith are outside the Jewish cannon, and for a long period of Jewish history apocryphal books were discouraged.
Also there is no tradition to read those books, but I do not think it is a bad idea if someone dose it on his own free time.
2007-11-17 14:49:49 · answer #2 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a reading of the entire Book of Judith in synagogue on the night before Purim.
Check your facts.
2007-11-16 23:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe the book of Judith is apocryphal.
2007-11-16 23:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by James Bond 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some books, and phrases were thrown out of the Torah that pointed to Jesus Christ as messiah. The Moishe Torah was altered in 1631 to remove references to Jesus. Two thumbs down. Try to prove me wrong you won't like what you find.
2007-11-16 23:14:37 · answer #5 · answered by Robert S 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Why would any one do that any way?
Old and irrelevant.
2007-11-16 23:13:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋