EPISODE · Nov 15, 2025 · 1H 16M
MATTHEW MCWHORTER - The Missing Books of the Bible
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The Missing Books of The Bible Once Taught by The Apostles, But Missing Today from Your Bible Guest Available: Attorney, Former Atheist Matthew McWhorter - Author of 'Canon Crossfire" Investigates The Bible, and His Findings Will Surprise You! Media Contact: CJ Wheeler - 858-472-4285 - [email protected] 📜 What Are the “Missing Books” of the Bible? Historically, several ancient texts were once widely read by early Christians and Jews, taught by the Apostles, but were later excluded from the canon. These include: Tobit Judith Wisdom of Solomon Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) Baruch 1 & 2 Maccabees Additions to Esther and Daniel – including Susanna” 1 Enoch and others These texts—often called the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books—were included in early versions of the Septuagint and Christian Bible Codices but were later removed or sidelined during the Protestant Reformation and other canon debates. SAMPLE OF MATTHEW MCWHORTER'S BOOK AND INVESTIGATION: “Susanna [an Apocrypha] is true, but was concealed and removed from the Scriptures by men themselves not very far removed from the counsel of these elders.… removed by these rulers of Sodom, as the Spirit would call them. …” Origen’s letter to Africanus, 248 AD. www.newadvent.org/fathers/0414.htm. Origen’s writings are “the main source of information on the use of the texts that were later officially canonized as the New Testament,” and he is referring to the Jewish leaders who removed Susanna from their Jewish canon. "A century and a half later, Jerome (390 AD) would develop his idea of Hebraica Veritas, the concept that the canon as the Jews of his time accepted it is the true original Christian canon – a view directly contrary to the evidence provided by Origen’s much earlier letter. But it is Jerome’s view (coming 360 years after Christ, as far removed from His preaching as we
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The Missing Books of The Bible Once Taught by The Apostles, But Missing Today from Your Bible Guest Available: Attorney, Former Atheist Matthew McWhorter - Author of 'Canon Crossfire" Investigates The Bible, and His Findings Will Surprise You! Media Contact: CJ Wheeler - 858-472-4285 - [email protected] 📜 What Are the “Missing Books” of the Bible? Historically, several ancient texts were once widely read by early Christians and Jews, taught by the Apostles, but were later excluded from the canon. These include: Tobit Judith Wisdom of Solomon Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) Baruch 1 & 2 Maccabees Additions to Esther and Daniel – including Susanna” 1 Enoch and others These texts—often called the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books—were included in early versions of the Septuagint and Christian Bible Codices but were later removed or sidelined during the Protestant Reformation and other canon debates. SAMPLE OF MATTHEW MCWHORTER'S BOOK AND INVESTIGATION: “Susanna [an Apocrypha] is true, but was concealed and removed from the Scriptures by men themselves not very far removed from the counsel of these elders.… removed by these rulers of Sodom, as the Spirit would call them. …” Origen’s letter to Africanus, 248 AD. www.newadvent.org/fathers/0414.htm. Origen’s writings are “the main source of information on the use of the texts that were later officially canonized as the New Testament,” and he is referring to the Jewish leaders who removed Susanna from their Jewish canon. "A century and a half later, Jerome (390 AD) would develop his idea of Hebraica Veritas, the concept that the canon as the Jews of his time accepted it is the true original Christian canon – a view directly contrary to the evidence provided by Origen’s much earlier letter. But it is Jerome’s view (coming 360 years after Christ, as far removed from His preaching as we
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