1. Old Testament Introduction Canon & Text

2. What is the “Old Testament”?

3. Canon Cannon?

4. Hebrew Canon

5. Canon Chart JUDAISM LawProphetsWritings GenesisJoshuaPsalms ExodusJudgesProverbs LeviticusSamuelJob NumbersKings Song of Songs DeuteronomyThe TwelveRuth IsaiahLamentations JeremiahEcclesiastes EzekielEsther Daniel Ezra- Nehemiah Chronicles

6. Hebrew Canon

7. Josiah—2 Kings 22 –“Book of the Law” Exile

8. Hebrew Canon Ezra— Authoritative Torah!= Judaism

9. Hebrew Canon Dead Sea Scrolls

10. Hebrew Canon Dead Sea Scrolls –Biblical Texts –Pesharim –Sectarian Texts –Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

11. Hebrew Canon New Testament –Most quoted OT book? –Non-biblical book quoted?

12. Hebrew Canon Early Judaism –Main debate? –22 or 24 book canon? Early Church –Jerome –Augustine

13. Hebrew Canon 39 Books (Today order) 22 [8], 24 (Josephus, 22, Jerome accounting 24) [8] Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers Deuteronomy 5Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy 5 Joshua, Judges, I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings 6Joshua, Judges, Samuel (I & II), Kings (I & II) 4 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi 15Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the 12 Minor Prophets 4 Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, I Chronicles, II Chronicles 13Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles (I & II) 11 Total Books39 24

14. Canon Chart

15. Scripture isn’t Scripture until …Scripture isn’t Scripture until … Someone says it is!Someone says it is!

18. Text and Language of the Old Testament

19. Text and Language Masoretic Text— Hebrew

20. Text and Language Aramaic – אַרעָא or הָאָרֶץ

21. Text and Language Greek— Septuagint

22. Development of OT Text 300 200 0 50 CE “Original” Plurality (DSS) Uniformity (MT) Septuagint Church?