Canons of the Bible
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JEWISH |
CATHOLIC |
PROTESTANT |
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Torah (or Pentateuch) |
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Bereshit (Gen) |
Genesis |
Genesis |
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Shemot (Exod) |
Exodus |
Exodus |
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Vayikra (Lev) |
Leviticus |
Leviticus |
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Bemidar (Num) |
Numbers |
Numbers |
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Devarim (Deut) |
Deuteronomy |
Deuteronomy |
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Neviim (or Prophets) |
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Early (or "Major") |
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Yehoshua (Josh) |
Joshua |
Joshua |
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Shofetim (Judg) |
Judges |
Judges |
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Shmuel (1-2 Sam) |
Ruth |
Ruth |
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Melakhim (1-2 Kgs) |
1-2 Regnorum |
1-2 Samuel |
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Yeshayahu (Isa) |
3-4 Regnorum |
1-2 Kings |
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Yirmeyahu (Jer) |
1-2 Paraliponmenon |
1-2 Chronicles |
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Yehezkel (Eze) |
1 Esdras* |
Ezra |
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Later (or "Minor") |
2 Esdras (=Ezra-Neh) |
Esther |
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Hoshea (Hos) |
Esther |
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Yoel (Joel) |
Judith* |
Job |
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Amos (Amos) |
Tobit* |
Psalms |
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Ovadya (Obad) |
1-4 Maccabees* |
Ecclesiastes |
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Yonah (Jonah) |
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Canticles (or Song of Solomon) |
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Mikha (Mic) |
Psalms |
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Nahum (Nah) |
Odes* |
Isaiah |
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Havakkuk (Hab) |
Proverbs |
Jeremiah |
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Tsefanya (Zeph) |
Eccesliastes |
Lamentations |
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Haggay (Hag) |
Song of Songs |
Ezekiel |
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Zekharya (Zech) |
Job |
Daniel |
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Malaki (Mal) |
Wisdom of Solomon* |
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Ketuvim (or Writings) |
Sirach* |
Hosea |
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Tehillim (Pss) |
Psalms of Solomon* |
Joel |
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Mishle (Prov) |
Amos |
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Iyov (Job) |
Hosea |
Obadiah |
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Shir Hashirim (Cant) |
Nahum |
Jonah |
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Rut (Ruth) |
Amos |
Micah |
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Ekha (Lam) |
Habukkuk |
Nahum |
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Kohelet (Eccl) |
Micah |
Habakkuk |
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Ester (Esth) |
Zephaniah |
Zephaniah |
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Daniyel (Dan) |
Joel |
Haggai |
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Ezra-Nehemya (Ezra-Neh) |
Haggai |
Zechariah |
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Divre Hayamim (1-2 Chron) |
Obadiah |
Malachi |
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Zechariah |
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Jonah |
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Malachi |
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Isaiah |
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Jeremiah |
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1 Baruch* |
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Lamentations |
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Epistle of Jeremiah* |
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Ezekiel |
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Susanna* |
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Daniel |
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Bel and the Dragon* |
* – Apocrypha
Based upon James A. Sanders, Torah and Canon (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1972), p. 11.