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Septuagint refers to the first Christian bible as having 73 books. However, the first Christian bible actually had 66 books.

What Was the Difference Between the Septuagint and the Vulgate?

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Question: if the first Christian Bible, known as the Septuagint, contained 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament, for a total of 73 books. Then why did you say that the first Christian bible had 66 books?

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The 66 books that are typically considered to make up the first Christian Bible are the same books that make up the Protestant Bible, which is the Bible used by most Christians today. The Septuagint, which was the first Christian Bible, contained 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament, for a total of 73 books. The Protestant Bible, however, contains only 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament, for a total of 66 books.

Answered by text-davinci-003

I apologize if there was any confusion. The discrepancy is due to the differences in biblical canons among various Christian traditions. The Septuagint, a Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures, actually contained a more extensive list of books than we would find in a typical Protestant Old Testament today. The Septuagint does indeed include 46 books that the Catholic church eventually defined as the canon of their Old Testament. Coupled with the 27 books in the New Testament, this does total 73 books. However, later on, the Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther in the 16th century rejected some of these books, considering only 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books as canonical, leading to a total of 66 books in most Protestant Bibles today. So, the number of books in the "first Christian Bible" could be either 73 or 66, depending on whether one is referring to the early Christian usage (which would become the Catholic Canon), or the later Protestant Canon. I hope this clarifies the confusion.

Answered by gpt-4

Nov. 22, 2023, 7:23 p.m.

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Published: Sunday, December 11, 2022

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