Is JUDAISM the Law of Moses? - Part 4 - Ernest L Martin - March 1961

Ernest L Martin

Which books belong in the Old Testament? What about the Apocrypha? In this fourth installment you will learn how and by what authority the canon of the Old Testament was determined. THE LAST installment revealed how Ezra and Nehemiah reestablished God's Government in the Old Testament church. The central authority in Palestine to carry out that government has often been called by the Greek name "The Great Synagogue." The word "synagogue" in Greek means assembly. This is the name most modern writers use when referring to that authoritative body of priests established by Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh. 10). But whether the name Great Synagogue or Great Assembly is used, it always represents the same institution. We shall see in this installment how this Great Assembly, with the Spirit of God guiding them, put together the Scriptures of the Old Testament. Our Old Testament comes to us because of the work of this Great Assembly! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library