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The correct composition of the collection or list of books which should constitute the Old Testament has been a matter of disagreement among Christians since the second century of our era, and among Jews and Samaritans even longer. The status of the books of Ezekiel, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs and Esther was the subject of rabbinical argument in the first three centuries A.D.,...

which require prophetic insight to recognize and interpret them. It is no accident, therefore, that the Jews included the historical books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings among the Prophets. Similarly, though only a limited part of the Old Testament is law, it is divine law, not human, conveyed to Israel through the mediation of Moses, who for this reason is very naturally described as a prophet (Num. 11:27–29; 12:6–8; Deut. 18:15–18; 34:10–12; Hos. 12:13). (b) If torah is taken in its broad
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