Re: Favorite Bible Verses
Posted: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:27:19
Going to do that. I asked a Catholic co-worker to let me borrow one of his Bibles.Kreutz wrote:SilentServiceVet wrote:Never read the Sirach verses. Not in my Bible ...
The Catholics, Orthodox, Ethiopians, and (I think) Copts kept it. Luther cut it out because it was written in Greek by a Greek speaking Jew. He only kept the Hebrew OT books; why Protestant bibles are much shorter than others, he whacked alot of books out.
Its a Wisdom Book, so its supposed to convey lessons and I guess well, wisdom, but the weird bit is many of the scenarios and problems the author details are in essence identical in this day.
Worth a read.