Why Do We Use the Hebrew Bible Version?

In a previous article I asked why we use the Hebrew Bible for the Old Testament in our Protestant Bibles, instead of the Septuagint, even though we know the Hebrew was designed in part to disprove Christianity. 

The answer, again is a story about politics and beliefs. If we look at the work of the great reformers, men such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, etc. were separating from the Roman Catholic Church. Among the matters that came up was an accusation that the Catholic Bible had been corrupted and had false books inserted. This accusation was based on the assumption that the Hebrew Bible was the original, and that the Catholic Bible, which contained the Septuagint, was created at a later time. 

Unfortunately, their assumptions were incorrect. The Septuagint does contain valuable teachings, and as it was the same Bible that Christ used, it contains additional teachings, prophecies, and doctrines which relate to what is in the New Testament. By omitting this information, it creates a disconnect between the Old and New Testaments. 

The reformers had good intentions, however, they were ignorant of the history of the Hebrew Bible and they choose to act based on their own wisdom rather than praying to God to know what they should do. The result is that today many Christians are ignorant about much of the teachings of Christ because they are unfamiliar with the teachings and history of the Jews at the time. 

An interesting point to consider us that while many today consider the additional books in the Septuagint to be apocryphal, at the time the Septuagint was compiled those books were considered canon. When it was compiled was much closer to the time they were written so the translation from the original text to Greek occurred in a time when its meaning was understood. 

Understand that I am laying out as much history in the matter as I can gather. But much of this is also my opinion. My opinion is that the Sepuagint should not be so readily dismissed and I think Christianity and Judaism could benefit from considering the texts of the Septuagint.