Bible

The Old Testament

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Kings
• 2 Kings
• 1 Chronicles
• 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther
• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Solomon
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

The Deuterocanonicals

(Note: The Deuterocanonicals are those books found in all or some versions of the Septuagint, an ancient Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures compiled in Egypt in the 3rd Century B.C., but which are not found in the oldest surviving Hebrew texts. This disparity has lead to a controversy over their canonicity. In present day Judaism they are not regarded as canonical, although they were once so regarded by Greek-speaking Jews. As Christianity grew out of a community of Jews in the Greek-speaking world, the books were retained in the Christian cannon. They were, however, removed by the reformers who objected to the content which conflicted with Reformation theology (in particular prayers to the dead in 2 Maccabees). They are thus generally not recognized as part of the Divine Inspiration of the Bible in Protestantism, but may still be considered profitable for learning. The following books are, however, still part of the cannon of the Catholic Church.)

• Tobit
• Judith
• Additions to Esther
• Wisdom of Solomon
• Sirach
• Baruch (including the Epistle of Jeremiah)
• Additions to Daniel (Including Bel and Susanna)
• 1 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees

(Note 2: There are several existing versions of the Septuagint, and some contain books that are omitted from others. When St. Jerome compiled the Vulgate bible in the 4th Century A.D.(which became the official translation of the Catholic Church) he regarded the following books as being of doubtful authenticity and relegated them to an appendix. As such, they are not considered part of the Catholic Canon. 3 Esdras and the Prayer of Manassheh are, however, regarded as canonical in all the Eastern Orthodox Churches, and 4 Esdras as canonical in the Russian/Slavonic Orthodox Churches, as these Churches have no tradition of using the Vulgate. They are also included in the Anglican and some other Protestant "Apocrypha".)

• 3 Esdras
• 4 Esdras
• Prayer of Manassheh

(Note 3: The following books are also regarded as canonical in the Eastern Orthodox Churches and are found in some versions of the Septuagint, although not in the versions known to and used by St. Jerome.)

• Psalm 151
• 3 Maccabees

(Note 4: The following book appears in an Appendix to the Greek Bible.)

• 4 Maccabees

The New Testament

• Matthew
• Mark
• Luke
• John
• Acts
• Romans
• 1 Corinthians
• 2 Corinthians
• Galatians
• Ephesians
• Philippians
• Colossians
• 1 Thessalonians
• 2 Thessalonians
• 1 Timothy
• 2 Timothy
• Titus
• Philemon
• Hebrews
• James
• 1 Peter
• 2 Peter
• 1 John
• 2 John
• 3 John
• Jude
• Revelation

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