Comments on: The Value of the Apocrypha http://andynaselli.com/theology/the-value-of-the-apocrypha Thoughts on Exegetical, Biblical, Historical, Systematic, and Practical Theology Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:35:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Wilkinson http://andynaselli.com/theology/the-value-of-the-apocrypha/comment-page-1#comment-1391 Paul Wilkinson Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:43:25 +0000 http://andynaselli.com/theology/?p=1108#comment-1391 I get asked about the Apocrypha often because I work in a Christian bookstore. I usually tell people that the most striking feature in all those books is that there is simply a different tone to them. I can't put my finger on what it is, but there is something decidedly "other" about them. Of course, one could argue that Esther doesn't mention God, or that Song of Solomon is about as "other" as things can get. I get asked about the Apocrypha often because I work in a Christian bookstore. I usually tell people that the most striking feature in all those books is that there is simply a different tone to them. I can’t put my finger on what it is, but there is something decidedly “other” about them.

Of course, one could argue that Esther doesn’t mention God, or that Song of Solomon is about as “other” as things can get.

]]> By: B.C. McWhite http://andynaselli.com/theology/the-value-of-the-apocrypha/comment-page-1#comment-1362 B.C. McWhite Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:46:06 +0000 http://andynaselli.com/theology/?p=1108#comment-1362 Good stuff, Andy. I just got this question tonight, actually. I am teaching a six-week seminar on "The Rationality of Belief in the Scriptures," and last week we covered questions of canonicity. A question that needed to get picked up at the beginning of our evening tonight was whether there is any worth in reading the Apocrypha, and I hit on your #1 reason just fine, but I didn't think of the other two. I'll toss those out next week. Thanks, bud. Good stuff, Andy. I just got this question tonight, actually. I am teaching a six-week seminar on “The Rationality of Belief in the Scriptures,” and last week we covered questions of canonicity. A question that needed to get picked up at the beginning of our evening tonight was whether there is any worth in reading the Apocrypha, and I hit on your #1 reason just fine, but I didn’t think of the other two. I’ll toss those out next week. Thanks, bud.

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