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'Books of the Bible' are listed differently in the canons of Jews, and Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox Christians, although there is overlap. A table comparing the canons of these denominations appears below, for 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 may have minor differences in their lists of accepted books. The list given here for these churches is the most inclusive: if at least one Eastern church accepts the book, it is included here. The books included by the Roman Catholic Church are universally included in the Eastern canons.

Contents

Tanakh or Old Testament

New Testament

See also

Notes

External links

Tanakh or Old Testament

A table cell with an asterisk (
★ ) indicates that a book is present but in a different order. Empty cells indicate that a book is absent from that canon; such books are often called ''apocrypha'', a term that is sometimes used specifically (and possibly pejoratively) to describe the books in the Catholic canon that are absent from the Protestant Bible; Catholic and Orthodox Christians describe these books as ''deuterocanonical''.

''Tanakh''	Protestant Old Testament	Catholic Old Testament (Douay)	Eastern 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)[1]	1 Kingdoms	Hebrew
	2 Samuel	2 Kings	2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms)	2 Kingdoms	Hebrew
Kings	1 Kings	3 Kings	1 Kings (3 Kingdoms)	3 Kingdoms	Hebrew
	2 Kings	4 Kings	2 Kings (4 Kingdoms)	4 Kingdoms	Hebrew
Chronicles see below	1 Chronicles	1 Paralipomenon	1 Chronicles	1 Chronicles	Hebrew
	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]	Ezra	Hebrew(+Aramaic)
	Nehemiah	2 Esdras (Nehemias)	Nehemiah (2 Esdras)	Nehemiah	Hebrew
			(1 Esdras) ★	2 Esdras	Greek
		Tobias	Tobit	Tobit	Aramaic
		Judith	Judith	Judith	Hebrew
see below	Esther	Esther[3]	Esther	Esther	Hebrew
		1 Machabees[4]	1 Maccabees	see below	Hebrew or Aramaic?
		2 Machabees	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[5]	Psalms	Hebrew
			Odes[6]	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?)[7]
		Baruch[8]	Baruch	Baruch	Hebrew (and Greek?)[9]
			Letter of Jeremiah[10]	★	Greek (or Hebrew?)[7]
Ezekiel	Ezekiel	Ezechiel	Ezekiel	Ezekiel	Hebrew
see below	Daniel	Daniel[12]	Daniel	Daniel	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		1 Maccabees	Hebrew or Aramaic?
		see above		2 Maccabees	Greek

New Testament

In general, among Christian groups the New Testament canon is agreed-upon, although book order can vary.

Catholic, most Protestant,almost all Orthodox	Luther Bible	Slavonic Bible
''The Gospels''
Matthew	Matthew	Matthew
Mark	Mark	Mark
Luke	Luke	Luke
John	John	John
''The History''
Acts	Acts	Acts
''The Pauline epistles''	''The Pauline epistles''	''The General epistles''
Romans	Romans	James
1 Corinthians	1 Corinthians	1 Peter
2 Corinthians	2 Corinthians	2 Peter
Galatians	Galatians	1 John
Ephesians	Ephesians	2 John
Philippians	Philippians	3 John
Colossians	Colossians	Jude
1 Thessalonians	1 Thessalonians	''The Pauline epistles''
2 Thessalonians	2 Thessalonians	Romans
1 Timothy	1 Timothy	1 Corinthians
2 Timothy	2 Timothy	2 Corinthians
Titus	Titus	Galatians
Philemon	Philemon	Ephesians
''The General epistles''	''The General epistles''	Philippians
Hebrews	1 Peter	Colossians
James	2 Peter	1 Thessalonians
1 Peter	1 John	2 Thessalonians
2 Peter	2 John	1 Timothy
1 John	3 John	2 Timothy
2 John	''Books questioned by Luther''	Titus
3 John	Hebrews	Philemon
Jude	James	Hebrews
''Apocalypse''	Jude	''Apocalypse''
Revelation of Christ to John	Revelation of Christ to John	Revelation of Christ to John

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has a few additional books in its canon: Jubilees, Book of Enoch, and the Rest of the Words of Baruch (4 Baruch). The Ethiopic Old Testament in comprises the books of the Hebrew Bible as well as all of the deuterocanonical books, along with Jubilees, Enoch and 4 Baruch.
The Peshitta excludes 2-3 John, 2 Peter, Jude, and Revelation, but Bibles of the modern Syriac Orthodox Church includes later translations of those books along with the Letter of Baruch. Still today the official lectionary followed by the Syrian Orthodox Church, with headquarters at Kottayam (Kerala), and the Chaldean Syriac Church, also known as the Church of the East (Nestorian), with headquarters at Trichur (Kerala), presents lessons from only the twenty-two books of Peshitta, the version to which appeal is made for the settlement of doctrinal questions.
Third Epistle to the Corinthians was once considered part of the Armenian Orthodox Bible, but is no longer printed with modern editions.
From the Holy Bible containing The Authorized Editon of The New Testament, A.D. 1611 and The Revised Version of A.D. 1881, Arranged in Parallel Columns; with Complete Concordance, Embracing every passage of Scripture in the Largest Edition, Aprocrypha and Psalms. Printed by O. A. Browning & CO Toledo, OH Copyright 1872 to 1885 with the Library of Congress.
The Apocrypha Books Included in this edition are ordered according to the Vulgate:
:I. Esdras hath chapters
:II. Esdras
:Torbit
:Judith
:The Rest of Ester
:Wisdom
:Ecclesiasticus
:Barugh, with the Epistle of Jeremiah
:The Songs of the Three Children
:The Story of Susanna
:The Idol Bell
:The Dragon
:The Prayer of Manassas
:I. Maccabees
:II. Maccabees

See also

★ Bible

★ Table of books of Judeo-Christian Scripture

★ Apocrypha

★ Deuterocanonical books

★ Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible

★ Bible citation

★ Biblical canon

★ Judaism

★ Christianity

★ Major prophets

★ Minor prophets

★ Authors of the Bible

★ Antilegomena

Notes

Return links: Tanakh or Old Testament — New Testament
1. Names in brackets are the Septuagint names and are often used by the Orthodox Christians.
2. Some Eastern Orthodox churches follow the Septuagint and the Hebrew bibles by considering the books of Ezra and Nehemiah as one book.
3. The Catholic and Orthodox Book of Esther includes 103 verses not in the Protestant Book of Esther.
4. The Latin Vulgate and the Douay-Rheims place First and Second Maccabees after Malachi; modern Catholic translations place them after Esther.
5. Eastern Orthodox churches include Psalm 151, not present in all canons.
6. The Book of Odes includes the Prayer of Manasseh. This book is not present in the Catholic or Protestant Old Testaments.
7. New English Translation of the Septuagint
8. In Catholic Bibles, Baruch includes a sixth chapter called the Letter of Jeremiah. Baruch is not in the Protestant Bible or the Tanakh.
9. Britannica 1911
10. Eastern Orthodox Bibles have the books of Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah separate.
11. New English Translation of the Septuagint
12. In Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, Daniel includes three sections not included in Protestant Bibles. The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children are included between Daniel 3:23-24. Susanna is included as Daniel 13. Bel and the Dragon is included as Daniel 14. These are not in the Protestant Old Testament.
13. These books are found among the historical and wisdom books of the Christian canons.

External links

★ The Canon of Scripture – a Catholic perspective

★ 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

★ Books of the Apocrypha (from the UMC)

★ Armenian Bible (an essay, with full official canon at the end)

★ Ethiopian Orthodox "narrow canon" (from the UMC)