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RE: Ancient Wisdom: The Book of Ahikar Part Thirteen

in #christian-trail • 6 years ago

this is truly an amazing story @ironshield! such cunning plans, most people would just say "man I'm toast, I'm history! tell my wife I love her!"
Did you say this is a true story? God bless you for your diligence.

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     6 years ago 

    What lends this book of Ahikar great validity as being true, is that the names of Ahikar and Nadan (his sister's son) are included the book of Tobit. The book of Tobit even goes as far as mentioning details of this story (spoilers), which means that the author of Tobit gave this story credit as being true. Basically, if Tobit is true, it's likely this story is true also. Neither of these books are included in our modern bible canon, though the book of Tobit is considered authoritative by some and is even included in the 1611 edition of the King James Bible.


    1611 Edition King James Bible

    These books are called Deuterocanonical books. They contain great wisdom and insight, but for whatever reason are not included as a part of the modern bible. This book would be considered a "writing" similar to the book of Ester or the book of Ruth. @ironshield

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     6 years ago 

    what a great explanation @ironshield! my gosh. and I've never heard of Deuterocanonical books, can't even say it but very very interesting well let me ask how many of these Deutero books are there anyway?

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      About 15 books, a few of them additions to canonical books - like Bel and the Dragon is a story attached to the book of Daniel. Deuterocanonical means "second model", apocrypha means "hidden".

      The Book of Tobit was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

      The apocrypha is a selection of books which were published in the original 1611 King James Bible. These apocryphal books were positioned between the Old and New Testament (it also contained maps and geneologies). The apocrypha was a part of the KJV for 274 years until being removed in 1885 A.D. A portion of these books were called deuterocanonical books by some entities, such as the Catholic church. Many claim the apocrypha should never have been included in the first place, raising doubt about its validity and believing it was not God-inspired (for instance, a reference about magic seems inconsistent with the rest of the Bible: Tobit chapter 6, verses 5-8). Others believe it is valid and that it should never have been removed- that it was considered part of the Bible for nearly 2,000 years before it was recently removed a little more than 100 years ago. Some say it was removed because of not finding the books in the original Hebrew manuscripts. Others claim it wasn't removed by the church, but by printers to cut costs in distributing Bibles in the United States. Both sides tend to cite the same verses that warn against adding or subtracting from the Bible: Revelation 22:18.

      The word 'apocrypha' means 'hidden.' Fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls dating back to before 70 A.D. contained parts of the apocrypha books in Hebrew, including Sirach and Tobit. Keep this in mind when reading the following apocryphal books. Martin Luther said, "Apocrypha--that is, books which are not regarded as equal to the holy Scriptures, and yet are profitable and good to read." (King James Version Defended page 98.)

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