Canon ChartJUDAISM
Law Prophets Writings
Genesis Joshua Psalms
Exodus Judges Proverbs
Leviticus Samuel Job
Numbers KingsSong of Songs
Deuteronomy The Twelve Ruth
Isaiah Lamentations
Jeremiah Ecclesiastes
Ezekiel Esther
DanielEzra-
Nehemiah
Chronicles
Hebrew Canon
• Dead Sea Scrolls– Biblical Texts– Pesharim– Sectarian Texts– Apocrypha and
Pseudepigrapha
Hebrew Canon39 Books (Today order) 22[8], 24 (Josephus, 22, Jerome
accounting 24)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers Deuteronomy
5 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
5
Joshua, Judges, I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings
6 Joshua, Judges, Samuel (I & II), Kings (I & II)
4
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
15 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the 12 Minor Prophets
4
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, I Chronicles, II Chronicles
13 Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles (I & II)
11
Total Books 39 24
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