In a message dated 99-10-02 09:03:56 EDT, you write:
<< I was asked recently what books *were* in the "Jewish
Bible" and I didn't know. Is it the entirety of the Old Testament? How
about the deuterocanonical works (I would think Maccabees would be in there,
but I don't know for sure...) Can anyone help?
>>
The Jewish "Bible" is divided into three parts and is called the Tanakh, an
acronym based on the title for the three parts
1. Torah (using the Greek titles)
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
2. Prophets
Joshua
Judges
Samuel
Kings
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
The 12 Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,
Zechariah
Malachi)
3. Writings
Psalms
Job
Proverbs
Ruth*
Song of Songs*
Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)*
Lamentations*
Esther*
Daniel
Ezra-Nehemiah
Chronicles
[* Constitute the "Five Scrolls" which are read on Jewish feast days]
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches recognize these books as
canonical but also include the following:
Judith
Tobit
1 & 2 Maccabees
Wisdom
Ecclesiasticus
Baruch
Daniel 3:24-90 plus chapters 13 & 14
Books considered apocryphal by the Romans and Orthodox include:
Ezra 3 &4 (by Vulgate numbering)
Maccabees 3 & 4
Psalms of Solomon
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