JEWISH SCRIPTURE:

Judaism and Protestantism	Septuagint and Vulgate	Commentary
Genesis	Genesis	The first five books of the Bible,
Exodus	Exodus	known as “Torah” in Hebrew, the
Leviticus	Leviticus	“Pentateuch” in Greek: these
Numbers	Numbers	contain early Jewish history and law
Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy
__________
Joshua	Joshua (Jesu nave)	The Books of History
Judges	Judges
Ruth	Ruth
First Samuel	First Kings
Second Samuel	Second Kings
First Kings	Third Kings
Second Kings	Fourth Kings
First Chronicles	First Paralipomenon
Second Chronicles	Second Paralipomenon
Ezra (V:First Esdra)
Nehemiah (V:Second Esdra)
Esther (V:Esther)
__________
Job (V: Job)		These are called the “Wisdom” books
Psalms	Psalms*
Proverbs	Proverbs
Ecclesiastes	Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon	Song of Solomon
	Wisdom+
	Ecclesiasticus+
__________
Isaiah	Isaias	These are the major prophets,
Jeremiah	Jeremias	with Lamentations fitting
Lamentations	Lamentations	under Jeremiah
Ezekiel	Ezekiel
Daniel	Daniel
__________
Hosea	Osea	These are the twelve minor
Joel	Joel	prophets.
Amos	Amos
Obadiah (V:Abdias)
Jonah (V:Jonae)
Micah	Michaes
	Abdias
	Jonae
Nahum	Nahum
Habakkuk	Habacuc
Zephaniah	Sophonias
Haggai	Aggaei
Zechariah	Zacharias
Malachi	Malachi
	Job
	Tobias+
	First Esdra
	Second Esdra
	Esther
	Judith+
	First Macchabees+
	Second Macchabees+
	Third Macchabees+
	Fourth Macchabees+

*Psalms: 1-8 the same; 9:21ff. V becomes 10 in J/P; from then on, V is always one less than J/P (e.g. V Psalm 22 = J/P Psalm 23), until 146 and 147 V become 147 J/P; 148-150 the same.

+ = “apocrypha”, “hidden” scripture found in Septuagint and Vulgate, but not in the Jewish nor Protestant canon.

Gospel of Matthew “Liber generationis Iesu Christi ...”
Gospel of Mark “Initium Evangelii Iesu Christi Filii Dei ...”
Gospel of Luke “Quoniam quidem multi conati sunt ordinare ...”
Gospel of John “In principio erat verbum, et verbum ...”
Acts of the Apostles
Letters of Paul (13):

• Epistle of Paul to the Romans
  
• First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians
  
• Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians
  
• Epistle of Paul to the Galatians
  
• Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians
  
• Epistle of Paul to the Philippians
  
• Epistle of Paul to the Colossians
  
• First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians
  
• Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians
  
• First Epistle of Paul to the Timothy
  
• Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy
  
• Epistle of Paul to Titus
  
• Epistle of Paul to Philemon

TESTIMONIES TO THE CANON (taken from Jack Finegan. Hidden records of the life of Jesus; an introduction to the New Testament Apocrypha and to some of the areas through which they were transmitted, namely, Jewish, Egyptian, and Gnostic Christianity, together with the earlier Gospel-type records in the Apocrypha, in Greek and Latin texts [with] translations and explanations. (Philadelphia, Pilgrim Press [1969]), 38-43):

Codex Ambrosianus J 101 (“Muratorian Fragment,” a canonical list) [shortly after 154 C.E.]

[Matthew] (lost from MS)
Mark
Luke
John
Acts of the Apostles

Letters of Paul:

1 Corinthians	Galatians	Titus
2 Corinthians	First Thessalonians	1 Timothy
Ephesians	Second Thessalonians	2 Timothy
Philippians	Romans	“current but not accepted: Laodiceans, Alexandians”
Colossians	Philemon	(No Hebrews)

Other Books:

• Jude
• 1 John
• 2 John
• “Wisdom”
• “The Apocalypse of John and of Peter, we receive; but some won't read in church;
  
• The Shepherd ought to be read, but not in church.”
• (No James)
• (No 1 Peter)
• (No 2 Peter)
• (No 3 John)

Origen (c.185-c.253)

Acknowledged Books

• Four Gospels
• Acts
• Fourteen Letters of Paul, including
  • Hebrews: “perhaps thoughts of Paul, perhaps by someone else”
• 1 Peter
• 1 John
• Apocalypse

Doubted Books (“not all consider them genuine”)

• James
• 2 Peter
• 2 John
• 3 John
• Jude
• Shepherd of Hermas
• Letter of Barnabas
• Teaching of Apostles
• Gospel of the Hebrews (?)

Eusebius (263-339)

Acknowledged Books:

• Four Gospels
• Acts
• Fourteen Letters of Paul, including
  • Hebrews
• 1 Peter
• 1 John
• Apocalypse (“if it really seem proper”)

• James
• Jude
• 2 Peter (“not received as canonical, but it is studied”)
• 2, 3 John

Fabrications of Heretics

Athanasius (295-373)

First specifies 27 books of Christian scripture. including Apocalypse

Teachings of Apostles and Shepherd can be read to catechumens

Codex Sinaticus (mid-4th century)

27 books, concludes with Letter of Barnabas and Shepherd

Codex Vaticanus (mid-4th century)

Breaks off at Hebrews, probably followed Athanasius

Codex Alexandrinus (5th century)

27 books, concludes with 1st and 2nd Letters of Clement

Pope Damasus' Synod at Rome (382)

Jerome, “Decretum Gelasii de recipiendis et non recipiendis libris”: Complete canon as it is today

Infancy Gospels:

The Gospel of James (Protevangelium)	The Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew	The Gospel of the Birth of Mary
The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy

Passion Gospels:

The Gospel of Peter (c. 150)	The Gospel of Nichodemus (Acts of Pilate)
The Gospel of Bartholomew	The Book of John the Evangelist
The Assumption of the Virgin

Acts:

The Acts of John	The Acts of Paul
The Acts of Peter	The Acts of Andrew
The Acts of Thomas	The Acts of Philip
The Acts of Andrew and Matthias	The Martyrdom of Matthew
The Apostolic History of Pseudo-Abdias

Epistles:

The Letters of Christ and Abgarus	The Letters of Lentulus
The Epistle to the Laodiceans	The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
The Epistles of the Apostles

Apocalypses

The Apocalypse of Peter	The Apocalypse of Paul
The Apocalypse of Thomas	The Apocalypse of the Virgin
The Revelation of Stephen