As the Good Book Says . . .
from Praise and Confused Hosted by Stephen and Nick
In Fiddler on the Roof, Reb Tevye is fond of saying, “As the Good Book says.” The trouble is, Tevye is not always sure where the "Good Book" says it, or whether it says it at all. In this episode, Stephen and Nick examine how Christians came to recognize the 66 books of Scripture, why the Apocrypha belongs on a different shelf, and whether the canon was settled by divine design or church-council guesswork. From Moses and the prophets to Jesus, the apostles, and the early church, they trace the Bible’s own case for its boundaries. You’ll discover: Why Deuteronomy warns against adding to or taking away from God’s words How the Tanakh, the Old Testament, and the Apocrypha differ Why Josephus, Jesus, and the apostles matter in the canon conversation How the New Testament writings came to be recognized as Scripture Why Revelation closes the book with a final warning against adding more Along the way, Stephen and Nick take on secret knowledge, mystical add-ons, end-times speculation, and every confident claim that begins with “the Bible says” but ends somewhere Scripture never actually went. Tevye may not have known exactly where the "Good Book" said something about a chicken. Stephen and Nick want to know which books belong at all.
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