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Old Testament (Protestant 39 Books, Catholic 46 Books)

The Pentateuch (5 Books)

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Historic Books (Protestant 12 Books, Catholic 16 Books)

Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel (1 Kings)
2 Samuel (2 Kings)
1 Kings (3 Kings)
2 Kings (4 Kings)
1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon)
2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon)
Ezra (1 Esdras)
Nehemiah (2 Esdras)
Book of Esdras I and II **
Tobit (Tobias) *
Judith *
Esther (with additions in Catholic)
1 Maccabees *
2 Maccabees *
In the Septuagint, there are different names:
  • 1 Samuel is 1 Kingdoms
  • 2 Samuel is 2 Kingdoms
  • 3 Kings is 3 Kingdoms
  • 4 Kings is 4 Kingdoms
  • 1 Chronicles is 1 Paralipomena
  • 2 Chronicles is 2 Paralipomena
  • Ezra is 1 Esdras
  • Nehemiah is 2 Esdras
And two additional Books were included: 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees.

Protestant - Poetic Books (5 Books) or
Catholic - Wisdom Books (7 Books)

Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon (Song of Songs or Canticle of Canticles in Catholic)
Wisdom *
Sirach * (or Ecclesiasticus)
In the Septuagint, there is a different name:
  • Wisdom is Wisdom of Solomon
And two additional Books were included: Odes and Psalms of Solomon.

Prophetic Books (Protestant 17 Books, Catholic 18 Books)

Major Prophets (5 Books Protestant, 6 Books Catholic)
Isaiah (Isaias)
Jeremiah (Jeremias)
Lamentations
Baruch * (including the Letter of Jeremiah)
Ezekiel
Daniel (with additions in Catholic)
Minor Prophets (12 Books)
Hosea (Osee)
Joel
Amos
Obadiah (Abdias)
Jonah (Jonas)
Micah (Micheas)
Nahum
Habakkuk (Habacuc)
Zephaniah (Sophonias)
Haggai (Aggeus)
Zechariah (Zacharias)
Malachi (Malachias)
In the Septuagint, three additional Books were included: Letter of Jeremiah, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon.

That makes a total of 53 Books in the Septuagint.

New Testament (27 Books)

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The Acts
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

The asterisks indicate books that are part of the Apocrypha, which is included in some Christian Bibles (like Catholic) and left out of others (like many Protestant).


The current Roman Catholic Bible is called the Douay-Rheims. The Old Testament First Published 1609 by the English College at Douay. The New Testament First Published 1582 by the English College at Rheims. Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner.

Hebrew Bible (Tanak) (Tanakh) (24 Books Total)

The Law

(Torah) (Instruction) (5 Books)
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

The Prophets

(Nevi Imi or Naviim or Neviim) (8 Books)

Early Prophets (4 Books)

Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
2 Samuel (with above)
1 Kings
2 Kings (with above)

Later Prophets (4 Books)

Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Hosea (these next 12 Prophets are one Book)
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

The Writings

(Ketuvim or Kethubim) (11 Books)
Poetry (3 Books)
Psalms
Proverbs
Job
Rolls (5 Books)
Song of Songs
Ruth
Lamentations
Ecclesiastes
Esther
Others (History) (3 Books)
Daniel
Ezra
Nehemiah (with above)
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles (with above)

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