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Tanakh is canoned in AD90's? How about Falasha's
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Havah Wrote:Does anyone here consider Tanakh canon outside Israel is holy?
I am, as usual, going to disagree with Mr. Roth on several levels.
First, I do not think that the Beta Israel community is that old. More likely, it is from the early Christian era. This is in keeping with the overwhelming weight of evidence and with the vast majority of scholars.

Next, the largest canon ever espoused was actually from the land of Israel. The Essenes believed in a 24-book canon, plus 70 additional secret canonical books that were only for the sectarians. They had a total of a 94-book canon, though it is almost certain that they never had 70 additional books. They probably believed that many of those had been lost. The Babylonian canon may have been larger, but probably was not. More likely it was in keeping with the 22/24 book canon of the Holy Land.
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Re: Tanakh is canoned in AD90's? How about Falasha's - by Dawid - 05-15-2009, 03:41 AM
An open letter to Dawid - by Andrew Gabriel Roth - 05-16-2009, 06:19 PM
Re: An open letter to Dawid - by Dawid - 05-17-2009, 02:10 AM

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