February 8th, 2010
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Re: Do you throw out parts of the bible?
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Originally Posted by Nuhen
How do you even know G-d wants us to have a canon? Yeshua's disciple John said there were other writings with the teachings of Yeshua. Are the teachings of Yeshua ALL important, or just the ones in canon?
Furthermore, the book of Jude is just a string of quotes from Enoch, and Jude even calls Enoch a prophet - so clearly Scripture identifies Enoch as a prophet, why are his writings not canonized?
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Canon means a measuring stick. You yourself are using such a measuring stick for what books you accept and what you don't, so I assume that question is rhetorical. You have either not read Jude (which draws much more from Peter than from Enoch) or you haven't read Enoch.
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