The Christian Old Testament and The Hebrew Bible are one and the same, this is what has been taught by some Christian sects for as long I have been a Christian , however this is not true as I have come to learn, the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament Bible are not identical. These texts the Christian Old Testament and The Hebrew Bible are texts that are strongly related to Christian and Jewish identity and ideology. One distinction that makes them different is that , according to Marvin Sweeney on Tuesday September 6h Hebrew Bible in Context ,the Catholic Bible includes texts that are not in the Hebrew Canon and both the Catholic Bible and Protestant Bible contain Books that are not in the
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Marvin Sweeney in his book TANAK: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible , “. . . the Tanak is ordered according to a standard three part structure that includes the Torah or Instruction of YHWH, the Nevi'im or prophets including both former and later prophets and the Ketuvim or Writings. This order presupposes the Jewish commitment to divine Torah as the ideal foundation of Jewish traditions, accounts of the discruption of that ideal in the Nevi'im or Prophets and expressions of attempts to restore that ideal in the Ketuvim or Writings. Because the Christian Bible is situated among Gentiles, it appears in a variety of lanaguages and versions, such as Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Syriac, Ethopiaic and others. Its overrall structure invariably includes both the Old Testament and the New Testament which expresses the fundamentally belief that Jesus fufills the Old Testament. Within this framework the structure of the Christian Old Testament differs widely depending on a variety of factors, such as cultural context, manscript tradition, historical context, canocial context and others” ( Sweeney 2012, …show more content…
However even when the boundaries were fixed , the form of texts remained fluid for centuries as text critics have shown . Further , the process of re-conceptualization and actualizing traditions that had been informing Israel since at least the tenth century continued unabated in Israel's heirs Judaism and Christianity. Although we know very little about how canonization occurred, it is clear that the canon represented formalization of an ancient phenomenon: a core of traditions that was continually contemporize for the benefit of community” ( Callaway 1999, 142). Theologically although some Christians believe that Jews and Christians have the basic theology, it is not true. Christianity looks to the return of Christ, repentance and Christ saving and Judaism is about the covenant with
Marvin Sweeney in his book TANAK: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible , “. . . the Tanak is ordered according to a standard three part structure that includes the Torah or Instruction of YHWH, the Nevi'im or prophets including both former and later prophets and the Ketuvim or Writings. This order presupposes the Jewish commitment to divine Torah as the ideal foundation of Jewish traditions, accounts of the discruption of that ideal in the Nevi'im or Prophets and expressions of attempts to restore that ideal in the Ketuvim or Writings. Because the Christian Bible is situated among Gentiles, it appears in a variety of lanaguages and versions, such as Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Syriac, Ethopiaic and others. Its overrall structure invariably includes both the Old Testament and the New Testament which expresses the fundamentally belief that Jesus fufills the Old Testament. Within this framework the structure of the Christian Old Testament differs widely depending on a variety of factors, such as cultural context, manscript tradition, historical context, canocial context and others” ( Sweeney 2012, …show more content…
However even when the boundaries were fixed , the form of texts remained fluid for centuries as text critics have shown . Further , the process of re-conceptualization and actualizing traditions that had been informing Israel since at least the tenth century continued unabated in Israel's heirs Judaism and Christianity. Although we know very little about how canonization occurred, it is clear that the canon represented formalization of an ancient phenomenon: a core of traditions that was continually contemporize for the benefit of community” ( Callaway 1999, 142). Theologically although some Christians believe that Jews and Christians have the basic theology, it is not true. Christianity looks to the return of Christ, repentance and Christ saving and Judaism is about the covenant with