Books of the Bible

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The Books of the Bible are the different sections of the Bible. Each book has a different name. Most books of the Bible are named after the person who is thought to have written the book. Some are not. Different religions, and different denominations of Christianity, have different lists of books of the Bible. These different groups accept different books. These groups also use different names for some of the same books. The stories in the "Books of the Bible" are very similar for all religious groups. Some people memorize the Bible or its individual books.^[1]

Below, there is a list or table that compares the Books of the Bible in Judaism and in the Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Slavonic Orthodox, Georgian, Armenian Apostolic, Syriac, and Ethiopian Churches. The table covers both the Old Testament and the New Testament. For a detailed discussion of the differences, see "Biblical canon".

The Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches have small differences in the lists of books that they accept. If at least one Eastern church accepts a book, then that book is listed in this table. The Eastern churches accept all of the books that the Roman Catholic Church accepts.

Old Testament

If a table cell has an asterisk (*), it means that a book is used, but in a different order. Empty cells mean that the book is not used. These books are often called apocrypha. This word is sometimes used specifically (and possibly negatively) to describe the books in the Catholic and Orthodox canon that are not in the Protestant Bible. Orthodox and Catholic Christians call these books deuterocanonical, which means second canon.

Tanakh	Protestant Old Testament	Catholic Old Testament (Douay)	Greek Orthodox Old Testament	Slavonic Old Testament	Original Language
Torah or Pentateuch
Genesis	Genesis	Genesis	Genesis	Genesis	Hebrew
Exodus	Exodus	Exodus	Exodus	Exodus	Hebrew
Leviticus	Leviticus	Leviticus	Leviticus	Leviticus	Hebrew
Numbers	Numbers	Numbers	Numbers	Numbers	Hebrew
Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	Hebrew
Nevi'im or Prophets	Historical books
Joshua	Joshua	Josue	Joshua	Joshua	Hebrew
Judges	Judges	Judges	Judges	Judges	Hebrew
see below	Ruth	Ruth	Ruth	Ruth	Hebrew
Samuel	1 Samuel	1 Kings	1 Samuel (1 Kingdoms)^[2]	1 Kingdoms	Hebrew
Samuel	2 Samuel	2 Kings	2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms)^[2]	2 Kingdoms	Hebrew
Kings	1 Kings	3 Kings	1 Kings (3 Kingdoms)^[2]	3 Kingdoms	Hebrew
Kings	2 Kings	4 Kings	2 Kings (4 Kingdoms)^[2]	4 Kingdoms	Hebrew
Chronicles see below	1 Chronicles	1 Paralipomenon	1 Chronicles	1 Chronicles	Hebrew
Chronicles see below	2 Chronicles	2 Paralipomenon	2 Chronicles	2 Chronicles	Hebrew
			1 Esdras	(2 Esdras)*	Greek
Ezra (includes Nehemiah) see below	Ezra	1 Esdras	Ezra (2 Esdras)^[2]^[3]	Ezra	Hebrew(+Aramaic)
Ezra (includes Nehemiah) see below	Nehemiah	2 Esdras (Nehemias)	Nehemiah (2 Esdras)^[2]^[3]	Nehemiah	Hebrew
			(1 Esdras)*	2 Esdras	Greek
		Tobias	Tobit	Tobit	Aramaic
		Judith	Judith	Judith	Hebrew
see below	Esther	Esther^[4]	Esther^[4]	Esther^[4]	Hebrew
		1 Machabees^[5]	1 Maccabees	see below	Hebrew or Aramaic?
		2 Machabees^[5]	2 Maccabees	see below	Greek
			3 Maccabees		Greek
			4 Maccabees		Greek
	Wisdom books
see below	Job	Job	Job	Job	Hebrew
see below	Psalms	Psalms	Psalms^[6]	Psalms^[6]	Hebrew
			Odes^[7]		Hebrew(+Greek)
see below	Proverbs	Proverbs	Proverbs	Proverbs	Hebrew
see below	Ecclesiastes	Ecclesiastes	Ecclesiastes	Ecclesiastes	Hebrew
see below	Song of Solomon	Canticle of Canticles	Song of Solomon	Song of Songs	Hebrew
		Wisdom	Wisdom	Wisdom of Solomon	Greek
		Ecclesiasticus	Sirach	Sirach	Hebrew(+Greek)
	Major prophets
Isaiah	Isaiah	Isaias	Isaiah	Isaiah	Hebrew
Jeremiah	Jeremiah	Jeremias	Jeremiah	Jeremiah	Hebrew(+Aramaic)
see below	Lamentations	Lamentations	Lamentations	Lamentations of Jeremiah	Hebrew
		*	*	Letter of Jeremiah	Greek (or Hebrew?)^[8]
		Baruch^[9]	Baruch^[9]	Baruch^[9]	Hebrew (and Greek?)^[10]
		Baruch^[9]	Letter of Jeremiah^[11]	*	Greek (or Hebrew?)^[8]
Ezekiel	Ezekiel	Ezechiel	Ezekiel	Ezekiel	Hebrew
see below	Daniel	Daniel^[12]	Daniel^[12]	Daniel^[12]	Hebrew+Aramaic
	Minor prophets
The Twelve Prophets	Hosea	Osee	Hosea	Hosea	Hebrew
	Joel	Joel	Joel	Joel	Hebrew
	Amos	Amos	Amos	Amos	Hebrew
	Obadiah	Abdias	Obadiah	Obadiah	Hebrew
	Jonah	Jonas	Jonah	Jonah	Hebrew
	Micah	Micaeus	Micah	Micah	Hebrew
	Nahum	Nahum	Nahum	Nahum	Hebrew
	Habakkuk	Habacuc	Habakkuk	Habakkuk	Hebrew
	Zephaniah	Sophonias	Zephaniah	Zephaniah	Hebrew
	Haggai	Aggaeus	Haggai	Haggai	Hebrew
	Zechariah	Zacharias	Zechariah	Zechariah	Hebrew
	Malachi	Malachias	Malachi	Malachi	Hebrew
Ketuvim or Writings^[13]
Psalms					Hebrew
Proverbs					Hebrew
Job					Hebrew
Song of Songs					Hebrew
Ruth					Hebrew
Lamentations					Hebrew
Ecclesiastes					Hebrew
Esther					Hebrew
Daniel					Hebrew+Aramaic
Ezra (includes Nehemiah)					Hebrew(+Aramaic)
Chronicles					Hebrew
		see above^[5]		1 Maccabees	Hebrew or Aramaic?
		see above^[5]		2 Maccabees	Greek
				3 Maccabees	Greek
				2 Esdras	Latin

New Testament

Most Christian groups agree about the New Testament canon (the list of books in the New Testament) but some groups put books in a different order (place).

Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox	Lutheran Protestant Bible	Slavonic Orthodox Bible	Ethiopian Bible	Original Language
The Gospels
Matthew	Matthew	Matthew	Matthew	Greek (or Aramaic or Hebrew?)^[14]
Mark	Mark	Mark	Mark	Greek
Luke	Luke	Luke	Luke	Greek
John	John	John	John	Greek
The History
Acts	Acts	Acts	Acts	Greek
		The General Epistles
		James		Greek
		1 Peter		Greek
		2 Peter		Greek
		1 John		Greek
		2 John		Greek
		3 John		Greek
		Jude		Greek
The Pauline Epistles
Romans	Romans	Romans	Romans	Greek
1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	Greek
2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	Greek
Galatians	Galatians	Galatians	Galatians	Greek
Ephesians	Ephesians	Ephesians	Ephesians	Greek
Philippians	Philippians	Philippians	Philippians	Greek
Colossians	Colossians	Colossians	Colossians	Greek
1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	Greek
2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	Greek
1 Timothy	1 Timothy	1 Timothy	1 Timothy	Greek
2 Timothy	2 Timothy	2 Timothy	2 Timothy	Greek
Titus	Titus	Titus	Titus	Greek
Philemon	Philemon	Philemon	Philemon	Greek
The General Epistles			The General Epistles
Hebrews		Hebrews	Hebrews	Greek (or Hebrew?)^[15]
James				Greek
1 Peter	1 Peter		1 Peter	Greek
2 Peter	2 Peter		2 Peter	Greek
1 John	1 John		1 John	Greek
2 John	2 John		2 John	Greek
3 John	3 John		3 John	Greek
			James	Greek
Jude			Jude	Greek
	Books questioned by Luther
	Hebrews			Greek (or Hebrew?)^[15]
	James			Greek
	Jude			Greek
Revelation of Christ to John	Revelation of Christ to John	Revelation of Christ to John	Revelation of Christ to John	Greek

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has a few other books in its canon (list of books): Jubilees, Book of Enoch, and The Rest of the Words of Baruch (4 Baruch).

The Peshitta does not have 2-3 John, 2 Peter, Jude, and Revelation, but Bibles of the modern Syriac Orthodox Church do have later translations of those books. They also have the Letter of Baruch (Baruch, is called a deuterocanonical book of the Bible). Today the Syrian Orthodox Church only uses lessons from the twenty-two books of Peshitta in its official lectionary (list of Church readings).

Third Epistle to the Corinthians was once part of the Armenian Orthodox Bible, but it is not in modern editions (printed versions).

Anglican Apocrypha

The Anglican Church accepts the same order of books as the Vulgate (Catholic 16th Century) Bible. The 39 Articles (an Anglican list of doctrines or important beliefs) says that these Books of the Bible are Apocrypha:

I. Esdras

II. Esdras

Tobit

Judith

The Rest of Esther

The Wisdom of Solomon

Ecclesiasticus (:)

Baruch, with the Letter of Jeremiah

The Song of the Three Jews, with the Prayer of Azariah

The Story of Susanna

Bel and the Dragon

The Prayer of Manasseh

I. Maccabees

II. Maccabees

III. Maccabees

Related pages

Notes

Return links: Tanakh or Old Testament – New Testament

More websites

The Canon of Scripture – a Catholic perspective Archived 2005-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
Table of Tanakh Books - includes Latin, English, Hebrew and abbreviated names (from Tel Aviv University).
Judaica Press Translation - Online Jewish translation of the books of the Bible. The Tanakh and Rashi's entire commentary.
Slavonic Bible Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
Books of the Apocrypha Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine (from the UMC)
Western Armenian Bible (an essay, with full official canon at the end)
Catholic books of the Bible
Bible facts (Facts on the Bible)

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