Definition of Bible

Books of the Bible

Books of the Hebrew Scriptures appear as listed in the translation by the Jewish Publication Society of America. Books of the Christian Bible appear as listed in the Jerusalem Bible, a 1966 translation of the 1956 French Roman Catholic version. The Old Testament books shown in italic are considered apocryphal in many Christian churches, but they are accepted as canonical in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian and the Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Church. The Christian Old Testament parallels the Hebrew Scriptures with the exception of these books.

HEBREW SCRIPTURES	CHRISTIAN BIBLE
The Torah	Old Testament	New Testament
Genesis	Genesis	Matthew
Exodus	Exodus	Mark
Leviticus	Leviticus	Luke
Numbers	Numbers	John
Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	Acts of the Apostles
The Prophets	Joshua	Romans
Joshua	Judges	I Corinthians
Judges	Ruth	II Corinthians
I Samuel	I Samuel	Galatians
II Samuel	II Samuel	Ephesians
I Kings	I Kings	Phillipians
II Kings	II Kings	Colossians
Isaiah	I Chronicles	I Thessalonians
Jeremiah	II Chronicles	II Thessalonians
Ezekiel	Ezra	I Timothy
Hosea	Nehemiah	II Timothy
Joel	Tobit	Titus
Amos	Judith	Philemon
Obadiah	Esther	Hebrews
Jonah	I Maccabees	James
Micah	II Maccabees	I Peter
Nahum	Job	II Peter
Habakkuk	Psalms	I John
Zephaniah	Proverbs	II John
Haggai	Ecclesiastes	III John
Zechariah	Song of Songs (Song of Solomon)	Jude
Malachi	Wisdom of Solomon	Revelation
The Writings	Ecclesiasticus
Psalms	Isaiah
Proverbs	Jeremiah
Job	Lamentations
Song of Songs	Baruch
Ruth	Ezekiel
Lamentations	Daniel
Ecclesiastes	Hosea
Esther	Joel
Daniel	Amos
Ezra	Obadiah
Nehemiah	Jonah
I Chronicles	Micah
II Chronicles	Nahum
	Habakkuk
	Zephaniah
	Haggai
	Zechariah
	Malachi

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