Warren
Puritan Board Freshman
I read that the Jews ordered the scriptures two ways, reflecting two traditions: the "Hebrews" (Palestinian Jews) finished the OT with the Ketuvim (Writings), and the "Diaspora" (Hellenist Jews) capped the OT with the Minor Prophets, because for them these 12 were actually one book. Chronicles end with the building of the 2nd Temple; and I wonder, if the minor prophets were favored for the purpose of linking John the Baptist's prophetic ministry, while magnifying our Savior's Kingdom over the priests' temple.
Were there two such traditions during Jesus' time, or is this two schools of ordering a Judaizer's myth? If there were two orderings, why choose to end with the Prophets instead of Chronicles? Was the ordering less a choice of scholars and common practice than just how God always intended us to read the OT?
Let me not be read as though I question the Author of my faith. Please don't read into my question that I believe in Maccabees, Tobit, or lost scriptures.
Thanks
Were there two such traditions during Jesus' time, or is this two schools of ordering a Judaizer's myth? If there were two orderings, why choose to end with the Prophets instead of Chronicles? Was the ordering less a choice of scholars and common practice than just how God always intended us to read the OT?
Let me not be read as though I question the Author of my faith. Please don't read into my question that I believe in Maccabees, Tobit, or lost scriptures.
Thanks