Canon of Scripture

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Historical Books OT Sapiential Books NT

- Pentateuch - Paul tt Romans


- Genesis - Paul tt Corinthians (1 and 2)
- Exodus - Paul tt Galatians
- Leviticus - Paul tt Ephesians
- Numbers - Paul tt Philippians
- Deuteronomy - Paul tt Colossians
- Paul tt Thessalonians (1 and 2)
Historical Books - Paul t Timothy (1 and 2)
- Joshua - Paul t Titus
-Judges - Paul t Philemon
- Ruth - Letter to the Hebrews
- Samuel 1 - Letter of James
- Samuel 2 - Letters of Peter (1 and 2)
- Kings 1 - Letters of John (1, 2, and 3)
- Kings 2 - Letter of Jude
- Chronicles 1
- Chronicles 2 Prophetic Books OT
- Ezra - Isaiah
- Nehemiah - Jeremiah
- Tobit - Lamentations
- Judith - Baruch
- Esther - Ezekiel
- Maccabees 1 - Daniel
- Maccabees 2 -Hosea
- Joel
Historical Books NT - Amos
Matthew - Obadiah
- Luke - Jonah
- Mark -Micah
-John - Nahum
- Acts -Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Sapiential Books OT - Haggai
- Proverbs -Zechariah
- Job -Malachi
- Ecclesiastes
- Sirach Prophetic Books NT
- Wisdom - Revelations
- Psalms
- Song of Songs
JEWISH SACRED SCRIPTURE CANON KETUVIM
1. Psalms
Torah [The Law / Historical Books] = 5 books 2. Job
Neviim [The Prophets / Prophetic Books] = 8 books 3. Proverbs
Ketuvim [The Writings / Sapiential Books] = 11 book 4. Daniel
5. Ezrah-Nehemiah
The breakdown of these 24 Sacred Writings 6. Chronicles
are the following: “The 5 Festal Scrolls”
7. Ruth
TORAH 8. Song of Songs
1. Bereshith (In the beginning…) equivalent to 9. Qoheleth or Ecclesiastes
Christian Genesis 10.Lamentations
2. Shemoth (These are the names…) equivalent to 11.Esther
Christian Exodus
3. Wayyiqra (He summoned…) equivalent to Christian
Leviticus
4. Bemidbar (In the wilderness…) equivalent to
Christian Numbers
5. Debarim (These are the words…) equivalent to
Christian Deuteronomy
[Note – what is inside the parenthesis are the ‘words’
that open the document]

NEVIIM
1. Joshua
2. Judges
3. Samuel
4. Kings
[Note – the above listing is considered by them as
Former Prophets]
5. Isaiah
6. Jeremiah
7. Ezekiel
[Note – this listing is considered by them as Major
Prophets]

8. Minor Prophets are considered by the Jews as “The


Twelve” counted as one (1)
a. Hosea
b. Joel
c. Amos
d. Obadiah
e. Micah
f. Jonah
g. Nahum
h. Habakkuk
i. Zephaniah
j. Haggai
k. Zechariah
l. Malachi

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