Interesting thing about the Book of Esther.....the name of God is never mentioned. Only book in scripture with that distinction.
As the celebrated Catholic writer, Dr. Gigot, very frankly allows, "Time and again this illustrious doctor (Jerome) of the Latin church rejects the authority of the deutero-canonical books in the most explicit manner" (General Intro, 56).
I've always thought that Jerome's lack of confidence in the "Deuts" should have made bigger headlines......but..... who am I?
"In making the transition from the Jewish to the Christian church, we find the same canon cherished by all. Christians of all sects have always been disposed to accept without question the canon of the Jews. For centuries all branches of the Christian church were practically agreed on the limits set by the Jews, but eventually the western church became divided, some alleging that Christ sanctioned the "larger" canon of Alexandria, including the Apocrypha, while others adhered, as the Jews have always done, to the canon of the Jews in Palestine taking the eastern or oriental church first, the evidence they furnish is as follows:"
A 22 book OT canon was the accepted TRADITION of the church until the end of the 4th century when the Pope told Jerome to put the Deuterocanonicals into his bible --- a decision that went against his better judgment as a scholar. Jerome stated quite clearly that the church does not accept the deuterocanonicals. He was stating a well known fact. The RCC yaps about how holy its Tradition is, but clearly in this case it wasn't very holy.
Not the Septuagint version. Thus, the Catholic OT has the Greek version of Esther.
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