A Case for the Protestant Canon of the Old Testament

How do we know which books should be in the Old Testament? Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Christians disagree on which books should be included in the Old Testament. Protestants include 39 books, Catholics include 46, and the Eastern Orthodox have even more in their Bibles. These disputed books are referred to as the apocryphal books in Protestants circles and the deuterocanon in Catholic circles. So, why is there disagreement over some of these books, and which tradition is right about their canonical status? Do we know whether or not these books are really inspired messages from God? Joel Mohrmann offers an answer to this question in this presentation where he makes a case for accepting as Scripture the 39 books found in the Protestant canon.

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0:00 Introduction
1:07 Christians Agree on the Books of the New Testament
3:59 New Testament Authors Affirmed the Old Testament
7:32 What Books Should Be in the Old Testament?
12:08 The Hebrew Canon Matches the Protestant OT Canon
14:29 Christians Who Include More Books
16:15 Terminology: Apocrypha, Deuterocanon, etc.
23:01 What's in These Extra Books?
30:29 Historical Survey: Where Did These Books Come from?
33:22 Early Canon Lists
38:14 4th-Century Canon Lists
42:30 Augustine vs. Jerome on the Canon
45:58 The Reformation and the Canon
50:54 Dispelling Misconceptions on Both Sides
53:22 What About Doctrinal Concerns?
56:08 A Protestant Case: Jesus and the Apostles
58:52 A Protestant Case: Potential Historical Inaccuracies
1:01:52 A Protestant Case: Lack of NT Quotations
1:07:06 A Protestant Case: Christians in History Are Divided
1:09:04 Conclusion and Resources