The various denominations of Christianity are not in complete agreement on the canon of the Christian Bible. While the books of the Old and New Testaments are agreed upon by almost all Christians, there is a set of books that are not universally accepted. In Protestant Christianity, these books are called the Apocrypha, and are rejected as non-canonical. In Roman Catholicism, the books are known as the deuterocanonical books, and are a part of scripture. Protestant scholars often refer to these books as "Inter-testamental", as they were written after the books of the Old Testament, but before the books of the New Testament. Catholics use the word "Apocrypha" to refer to what Protestants call the Pseudepigrapha.
Eastern Orthodox Christians accept the deuterocanonical books, with the exception of Baruch. The Ethiopian church adds several other books, not accepted by the rest of Christianity, such as the Book of Jubilees and Book of Enoch, to the Old Testament.
The religion of Islam has no such issue, as their holy book consists of one book by one author, the Qur'an.
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2 The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 3 The Old Testament for the majority of Christians 4 The New Testament of the Christians 5 See also |
Bible and Tanakh
Compares books of Tanakh to Christian Old Testament
Books that are found in the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Slavic Bibles:
The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
The Old Testament for the majority of Christians
Apocryphal/deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament
Books that are found in the Greek and Slavic Bibles, but are not in the Roman Catholic canon:
Books that are in the Slavic Bible and the appendix to the Latin Vulgate:
Books that are in the appendix to the Greek Bible:The New Testament of the Christians
See also