Apparently, the Jews could not accept those books as inspired because they put forth the Maccabee kingship as divinely anointed. But the Maccabees were not of the Davidic line so this conflicted with the rest of the OT. Do you know anything about this or can you verify?
You make interesting points about Jerome, the Council of Trent, etc. Thanks.
Your error here is that you are referring to the Jews as though they were one single cohesive group. That is like saying that Anglicans, or Pentecostals speak for all Christians.