Why did Athanasius omit Maccabees from both his canonical and non-canonical lists?

[NathanH83]

Athanasius on the Canon of Scripture

 

[Origen]

Athanasius does not say.

 

[NathanH83]

Athanasius does not say.

Neither did you. Why bother responding when you have no helpful information? All you did is state the obvious. Please go away.

 

[Origen]

Neither did you. Why bother responding when you have no helpful information? All you did is state the obvious. Please go away.

You asked a question.

"Why did Athanasius omit Maccabees from both his canonical and non-canonical lists?"

I answered it. Athanasius does not say. Anything else would be nothing more than speculation.

 

[NathanH83]

You asked a question.

"Why did Athanasius omit Maccabees from both his canonical and non-canonical lists?"

I answered it. Athanasius does not say.

All you’re doing is stating the obvious and providing zero helpful info. Please go away.

 

[Origen]

All you’re doing is stating the obvious

I know.

and providing zero you have no helpful information

Untrue. I am informing others that Athanasius does not say and anything else would be pure speculation. That is helpful to those who don't know that information.

 

[NathanH83]

I know.


Untrue. I am informing others that Athanasius does not say and anything else would be pure speculation. That is helpful to those who don't know that information.

Please stop responding.

 

[Origen]

Please stop responding.

Then you should stop replying to my post.

 

[NathanH83]

Then you should stop replying to my post.

Please stop responding

 

[Origen]

Please stop responding

See! There you go again.

 

[NathanH83]

See! There you go again.

You’re behaving very childish and immature. I’d like to hear from people who have helpful info to share. Please act like a grown adult and stop responding with completely unhelpful info.

 

[Forgiven1]

Since Athanasius does not say why he omits any books, we can not begin to guess why.

 

[NathanH83]

Since Athanasius does not say why he omits any books, we can not begin to guess why.

No ideas?

 

[Romanos]

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