DrAdequate writes:
Er, no. The canon of every other Christian tradition includes everything in the Protestant canon plus some books. So if the Protestant OT canon has "all the books referenced by the true new testament canon", then so do all the others.
Besides which, as has been pointed out, the Protestant OT canon doesn't contain the Book of Enoch, which is referenced in the book of Jude. And the book of Jude is in the Protestant NT canon. So if it was true that "the protestant old testament canon is the only one that has all the books referenced by the true new testament canon", then the Protestants have the wrong NT canon, since the book of Jude is in the Protestant NT canon but the book of Enoch isn't.
Jude is not referencing the book of Enoch. The book of Enoch was not around when Jude was written. Jude is referencing a common theme throughout the Old Testament and is more likely referencing Deuteronomy 33:2 but the idea is also found in Zechariah 14:5, Isaiah 66:15, and Psalms 96:3. In reality, both Jude and the book of Enoch are referencing the same idea listed in the verses above, mainly Deuteronomy 33:2.
While it is true that all other canons include the books of the protestant canon and the protestant canon contains a few books not referenced in the New Testament, a criteria must be established for books not referenced in the New Testament. All of the apocryphal books never make a claim to divine inspiration or make a claim to divine authority. All the books of the protestant Old Testament DO either make a claim to divine inspiration or a claim to divine authority either explicitly such as "Thus saith the Lord", or implicitly such as the book of Esther when it provides authority for the celebration of the Jewish feast of Purim.
Only the protestant canon has all the books referenced in the New Testament and does not contain any books that do not make a claim to divine inspiration or authority.