Can't keep track of all the different technical terms for the different parts of the Bible? Here's a quick reference guide that I came up with to help myself keep them all straight.
Bible “collection of books” – the Christian Scripture
Bible “collection of books” – the Christian Scripture
Scripture “writing” –
the Sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible
- Old Testament or Protocanon “Original or Earliest Canon” - Jewish Tanakh/Hebrew Bible, written by Moses (Sep 4)
- Torah “Instruction or Teaching”, Pentateuch, Law
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Prophets
- Major Prophets
- Joshua (Sep 1)
- Judges
- Samuel (Hannah - Sep 2, Samuel - Aug 20)
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- Kings
- 1 Kings (David - Dec 29)
- 2 Kings (Elijah - Jul 20, Elisha - Jun 14)
- Isaiah (Jul 6)
- Jeremiah (Jun 26)
- Ezekiel (Jul 21)
- The Twelve – Minor Prophets
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah (Sep 22)
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Zechariah
- Haggai
- Malachi
- Hagiographa “Sacred Writings” - Old Testament Books other than “Law” and “Prophets”
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Job (May 9)
- Ruth
- Lamentations
- Song of Solomon
- Ecclesiastes
- Daniel (Dec 17)
- Esther (May 24)
- Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezrah/Nehemiah
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Apocrypha “Hidden Things” - Intertestamental books that are not held equal to the scriptures, but are useful and good for reading.
- Deuterocanon “Belonging to the second canon” – Not Part of the Hebrew Bible – sometimes doubted, but accepted by some and not others
- Tobit
- Judith
- Additions to Esther
- Wisdom of Solomon
- Ecclesiasticus/Sirach/Wisdom of Jesus ben Sira
- Baruch
- The Letter of Jeremiah
- Additions to Daniel
- The Song of the Three Children
- The Prayer of Azariah
- The History of Susanna
- Bel and the Dragon
- 1 Maccabees
- 2 Maccabees
- Prayer of Manasseh
- Pseudepigrapha “Falsely Ascribed” - Intertestamental books that are not in the Bible in any way, but there are some references to them.
- 3 Maccabees
- 4 Maccabees
- 1 Enoch
- 2 Enoch
- Jubilees
Homologoumena “Universally Accepted” or “recognized everywhere” - Universally accepted
- Gospels
- Synoptic Gospels
- Matthew (Sep 21)
- Mark (Apr 25)
- Luke (Oct 18)
- John (Dec 27)
- Acts
- Epistles
- Pauline Epistles (Jun 29)
- Romans
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Timothy (Jan 24)
- 2 Timothy
- Titus (Jan 26)
- Philemon (Feb 15)
- General Epistles
- 1 Peter
- 1 John
- Hebrews – the author is not definitely known
- James – Authors identity not completely certain, and the content was misunderstood
- 2 Peter – Likely written shortly before author’s death and had no definite addressees
- 2 John – Addressed to private persons and not accessible to larger circles
- 3 John – Addressed to private persons and not accessible to larger circles
- Jude – short and circumscribed message
- Revelation – because of its nature
- Notha “Spurious” – Not authentic canon
- The Epistles of Clement (Nov 23)
- Epistle of Barnabas (Jun 11)
- Acts of Paul
- Shepherd of Hermas
- Didache
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