[open] question about books of the Bible

[christianmomof3]

There is a thread in GT about the apocryphyl books of the Bible that the Catholics use.
Someone there stated that the books of the TaNaCh were not cannonized or put together until after Christ.
Anyway, I just had thought the Jews already had the TaNaCh and the Christians took it and added the New Testament to it. But, the apocryphyl books of the Catholics are put into the Old Testament and are supposedly written in that same time frame.
So, I am wondering, are there any historical references in Judaism to any of those books? Are any of them mentioned in other Jewish writings?
Thank you.

[CovenantRay]

Shalom:

I don't have the direct answer to any of your questions, however I do have a starting point for you.

Pick up a copy of the Septuagent version of the Old Testament. You will be able to see what books were available around 270 BCE when it was translated.

I do remember that some of the books were arranged differently...

[Henaynei]

The Jewish people had all the OT books on scrolls - not just the Torah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon#Jewish_canon

The Jews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew) recognize the twenty-four books of the Hebrew Bible as the Tanakh. Evidence suggests that the process of canonization of the Tanakh occurred between 200 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_BC)E (BC) and 200 CE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200) (AD). The first suggestion of a Jewish canon comes in the 2nd century BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_century_BC)E. The book of 2 Maccabees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Maccabees), itself not a part of the Jewish canon, describes Nehemiah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah) (around 400 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400_BC)E) as having "founded a library and collected books about the kings and prophets, and the writings of David, and letters of kings about votive offerings" (2 Macc 2:13). The book also suggests that Ezra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra) brought the Torah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah) back from Babylon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon) to Jerusalem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem) and the Second Temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple) as described in Nehemiah 8. Both I and II Maccabees suggest that Judas Maccabeus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus) likewise collected sacred books. They do not, however, suggest that the canon was at that time closed; moreover, it is not clear that these sacred books were identical to those that later became part of the canon.
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