Books in Italics are also in the LXX and considered biblical by various Orthodox Christians, but NOT by Jews or most other Christians.ģ1) SIRACH, a.k.a.Books in CAPITALS are found in Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Bibles, but not in most Jewish or Protestant Bibles.HB = Hebrew Bible LXX = Septuagint OT = Old Testament see my Biblical Glossary for detailed explanations of all these terms.

several of the books categorized as 'Writings' in the HB are placed among the 'Historical Books' or the 'Prophets' in LXX and the Christian OT the displacements of Ruth andĪnd Daniel are indicated with highlighted colors in the chart below. The categorization of some books is different :.'Samuel' of the HB is split up into '1 Kingdoms' and '2 Kingdoms' in the LXX, which are renamed '1 Samuel' and '2 Samuel' in most Christian Bibles. The titles of some of the books are different :.The order of the 'Prophets' is also different between the LXX and the Catholic and Protestant OT. the 'Latter Prophets' come before the 'Writings' in the HB, but all the 'Prophets' come after the 'Wisdom' literature in the Christian OT. The arrangement of the categories of books is different :.the LXX contains several additional books not found in the HB Orthodox and Catholic Christians regard these additional books as part of the OT canon (calling them the ' Deuterocanonical Books'), while Jews and most Protestant Christians do not (calling them the 'Apocrypha').

'The Twelve' minor prophets are considered one book in the HB, while the LXX and Christian Bibles count these as twelve separate books

certain books of the HB are subdivided in the LXX e.g.,.

Jews count 24, Protestants 39, Catholics 46, Orthodox Christians.

The total number of biblical books is different :.

however, the translations of individual OT books in Christian Bibles are now usually based on the texts of the HB.the OT section in Christian Bibles is arranged according to the order of books in the ' Septuagint' ( LXX), the ancient Greek version of the Jewish scriptures.( HB) used by Jews and different versions of the ' Old Testament' ( OT) used by various Christian churches and denominations: Jewish and Christian Bibles: Comparative Chart Jewish and Christian Bibles: A Comparative ChartĪlthough the ' New Testament' contains the same twenty-seven books for almost all Christians, there are some major and important differences between the ' Hebrew Bible'

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