Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger

Explore the history of the Bible – where it came from and who decided what it contains – with Gary Michuta, author of Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger: The Untold Story of the Lost Books of the Protestant Bible.

Questions Covered:

• 22:06 - Why is the deuterocanon referred to as such? Have they always been viewed as lesser books of the Bible?
• 27:43 - Is it a good argument to include the Septuagint when trying to include the deuterocanonicals?
• 30:44 - Does your book include the history and development of the Jewish scriptures and the historical development of the deuterocanonical books and the present day bible?
• 34:01 - Why is the Ethiopian Orthodox bible bigger than the Catholic Bible?
• 40:25 - The Greek Orthodox bible is different from Catholic Bible. Why is that?
• 43:07 - Was the Book of Enoch ever considered as part of the Bible?
• 45:00 - I heard that the early Jewish compendium, the council of Jamia, began throwing out parts of the Old Testament because it pointed to Jesus and Martin Luther accepted their version. Is that true?
• 48:03 - My understanding is that with the early Church in 72, all major sects of Judaism were destroyed and it wasn’t until 132 that the Jewish faith was reformed and at that point anything Greek in origin was thrown out. Is this true?

Resources Mentioned: 

• Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger by Gary Michuta

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