Old Testament
(Ethiopic Narrower Canon)
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Enoch
- Jubilees
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- 3rd Ezra
- 4rth Ezra
- Tobit
- Judith
- Esther
(includes additions to Esther)
- 1 Macabees
- 2 Macabees
- 3 Macabees
- Job
- Psalms
(+ Psalm 151)
- Proverbs
(Proverbs 1-24)
- Täagsas
(Proverbs 25-31)
- Wisdom of Solomon
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Solomon
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Baruch
(includes Letter of Jeremiah)
- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Amos
- Micah
- Joel
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zecariah
- Malachi
Adapted from Hans Peter Rüger, "The Extent of
the Old Testament Canon," The Bible Translator 40 (1989),
pp. 301-303; and Bruce Metzger, "Bible," Oxford
Companion to the Bible, (New York: Oxford University
Press, 1993), p. 79. Metzger adds one more book to the list
above: Joseph ben Gurion's (Josippon's) medieval history of
the Jews and other nations. See also: The
Biblical Canon Of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Today.
From http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/ethold.stm
(Ethiopian
Orthodox Old Testament
)
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