The rest of the Bible

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  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 3,087

    That's curious ... not immediately findable. I wanted to see what was in the book (looks interesting). Logos didn't have a see-inside and DuckDuckGo said Amazon didn't have it ... but they do (and good look-inside).

    But Amazon pointed to an even better one (Orthodox), but prepub in Logos:

    https://www.logos.com/product/212133/the-religion-of-the-apostles-orthodox-christianity-in-the-first-century 

    Should be really good.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,401

    Table of Contents:

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    Contents


    INTRODUCTION
    The Readables
    What Are the Readables?
    When Were the Readables Written?
    Why Read the Readables?

    CHAPTER 1
    The Prayer of Manasseh & Psalm 151
    Background
    Structure of the Prayer
    What We Can Learn
    Use in the Church
    Psalm 151

    CHAPTER 2
    1 Ezra
    Background
    Structure
    What We Can Learn
    Use in the Church

    CHAPTER 3
    Tobit
    Background and Summary
    What We Can Learn
    Use in the Church

    CHAPTER 4
    Judith
    What We Can Learn

    CHAPTER 5
    Esther
    What We Can Learn

    CHAPTER 6
    1 Maccabees
    Background and Summary
    What We Can Learn

    CHAPTER 7
    2 Maccabees
    Background and Summary
    The New Testament & Theology
    Wisdom from the Fathers

    CHAPTER 8
    3 Maccabees
    Background & Summary
    Use in the Church

    CHAPTER 9
    The Wisdom of Solomon
    Structure & Summary
    Use in the Church

    CHAPTER 10
    The Wisdom of Sirach
    Sirach’s Hall of Fame
    In the New Testament

    CHAPTER 11
    Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah
    Background & Summary
    Use in the Church
    In the New Testament
    The Epistle of Jeremiah

    CHAPTER 12
    Additions to Daniel: Susanna, Songs of the Three Holy Children, Bel & the Dragon
    Susanna
    Use in the Church
    Bel and the Dragon
    Prayer of Azariah / Song of the Three Holy Youths
    Summary
    Song of Azariah
    Narrative
    Song of the Three Youths
    Use in the Church

    Conclusion


    Theron Mathis, The Rest of the Bible: A Guide to the Old Testament of the Early Church (Chesterton, IN: Ancient Faith Publishing, 2011), 5–6.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."