tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post7254042623645841821..comments2024-03-22T16:09:48.895-04:00Comments on Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Luther's Opinion of the Book of JudithJames Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-48816707123786889512011-12-29T06:50:14.606-05:002011-12-29T06:50:14.606-05:00Thanks!Thanks!James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-27839878189605651652011-12-27T21:04:43.269-05:002011-12-27T21:04:43.269-05:00Came across this and thought it should be put here...Came across this and thought it should be put here:<br /><br />The Catholic New Jerusalem Bible even says in Intro "The book of Judith in particular shows a bland indifference to history and geography."<br /><br />· Mordecai taken by Nebuchadnezzar (617 BC.)<br /><br />2nd year of Artaxerxes court (~130 years later). Contradicts regular part of Esther: (additions to Esther)<br /><br />· Haman was an Agagite, not Macedonian. -add Esth.<br /><br />· Do not remember the dead (Sirach 38:21-23) vs. pray for the dead (2 Macc 12:44)<br /><br />· Baruch not really in Babylon 1:1,2 vs. Jer.43:5-7<br /><br />· Baruch 6:2 says the Jews would serve Babylon for 7 generations. Jeremiah 25:11 & 29:11 says 70 years; .<br /><br />· The Babylonians did not worship and feed a living dinosaur-like creature. (additions to Daniel 14:23-27)<br /><br />· In 2 Macc 8:10 Nicanor wanted to pay 2,000 talents to the Romans; the Seleucids were not under the Romans.<br /><br />· In 2 Macc 8:20 8K Seleucids plus 4K Macedonians did not destroy 120,000 Galatians in Babylonia.<br /><br />· Minor historical discrepancies between 1 & 2 Mac.<br /><br />http://www.biblequery.org/Bible/BibleCanon/WhatAboutTheApocrypha.htmPeaceByJesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754948549904895669noreply@blogger.com