What are the 73 books in the Bible?

Answer 1

Catholic AnswerThe 73 books in the Bible, which has been unchanged since the very first centuries when the Church defined the Bible contents in the late fourth century are listed below.

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There has been some question as to why some Bibles have only 66 books: Martin Luther, in the sixteenth century removed seven books from the Old Testament because he didn't agree with what they said. When asked his authority for this, he replied that the Jews only had the lesser number in their canon. This is a partial truth, as the Jews of Our Blessed Lord's day obviously had 73, this is the Bible that Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, used and quoted from, the Jews didn't have the lesser amount until a century later, and they removed the books which had specifically Christian doctrines in them. Why Martin Luther would follow those who rejected Jesus as the Christ, and not follow the Church he founded is a matter of some interest.

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Below is a list of the canonical books as accepted by Our Blessed Lord, and followed by His Church for the last twenty centuries:

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from

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

IV. The Canon of Scripture

120. It was by the apostolic Tradition that the church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books. (Cf. Dei Verbum 8§ 3) This complete list is called the canon of Scripture. It includes 46 books for the Old Testament (45 if we count Jeremiah and Lamentations as one) and 27 for the New. (Cf. Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum{1965})

The Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Ester, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hose4a, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.

The New Testament: the Gospels according toMatthew, Mark, Luke and John, the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters of St. Paul to the Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, the Letter to the Hebrews, the Letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, andJude, and Revelation (the Apocalypse).

List of Books in Order:OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Tobit

Judith

Esther

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

Job

Psalms

The Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

The Song of Songs

Wisdom

Ecclesiasticus / Sirach

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Baruch

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

New Testament

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts of Apostles

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

List of Books in alphabetical Order:Acts of the Apostles, Amos, Baruch, Ben Sira, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Colossians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Ecclesiastes, Ephesians, Esther, Exodus, Ezekiel, Ezra, Galatians, Genesis, Habakkuk, Haggai, Hebrews, Hosea, Isaiah, James, Jeremiah, Job, Joel, John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jonah, Joshua, Jude, Judges, Judith, 1 Kings, 2 Kings Lamentations, Leviticus, Luke, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Malachi, Mark, Matthew, Micah, Nahum, Nehemiah, Numbers, Obadiah, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Philemon, Phillipians, Proverbs, Psalms, Revelation, Romans, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, Song of Songs, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Tobit, Wisdom, Zechariah, Zephaniah.

Alphabetically Arranged.