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from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
IV. The Canon of Scripture
120. It was by the apostolic Tradition that the church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books. (Cf. Dei Verbum 8§ 3) This complete list is called the canon of Scripture. It includes 46 books for the Old Testament (45 if we count Jeremiah and Lamentations as one) and 27 for the New. (Cf. Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum {1965})
The Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Ester, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hose4a, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.
The New Testament: the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters of St. Paul to the Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, the Letter to the Hebrews, the Letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, and Jude, and Revelation (the Apocalypse).
Jewish AnswerThe 24 books of the Hebrew Bible in their original order are:
1. (בראשית / Bereshit) - Genesis2. (שמות / Shemot) - Exodus
3. (ויקרא / Vayikra) - Leviticus
4. (במדבר / Bemidbar) - Numbers
5. (דברים / Devarim) - Deuteronomy
6. (יהושע / Y'hoshua) - Joshua7. (שופטים / Shophtim) - Judges
8. (שמואל / Sh'muel) - Samuel (I & II)
9. (מלכים / M'lakhim) - Kings (I & II)
10. (ישעיה / Y'shayahu) - Isaiah
11. (ירמיה / Yir'mi'yahu) - Jeremiah
12. (יחזקאל / Y'khezqel) - Ezekiel
13. The Twelve Prophets (תרי עשר)
a. (הושע / Hoshea) - Hosea
b. (יואל / Yo'el) - Joel
c. (עמוס / Amos) - Amos
d. (עובדיה / Ovadyah) - Obadiah
e. (יונה / Yonah) - Jonah
f. (מיכה / Mikhah) - Micah
g. (נחום / Nakhum) - Nahum
h. (חבקוק /Havakuk) - Habakkuk
i. (צפניה / Ts'phanyah) - Zephaniah
j. (חגי / Khagai) - Haggai
k. (זכריה / Z'kharyah) - Zechariah
l. (מלאכי / Mal'akhi) - Malachi
14. (תהלים / Tehillim) - Psalms
15. (משלי / Mishlei) - Proverbs
16. (איוב / Iyov) - Job
17. (שיר השירים / Shir Hashirim) - Song of Songs
18. (רות / Rut) - Ruth
19. (איכה / Eikhah) - Lamentations
20. (קהלת / Kohelet) - Ecclesiastes
21. (אסתר / Ester) - Esther
22. (דניאל / Dani'el) - Daniel
23. (עזרא ונחמיה / Ezra v'Nechemia) - Ezra-Nehemiah
24. (דברי הימים / Divrei Hayamim) - Chronicles (I & II)
Notes:
- The first 5 books are called the Torah (תורה).
- Books 6 - 13 are the Prophets (נביאים).
- Books 14-24 are the Holy Writings (כתובים)
- In Christianity, the Twelve Prophets are divided into separate books. Also, the order of the books were rearranged by St. Jerome of the Catholic Church in the 5th Century, so the original divisions are lost in Christianity but preserved in Judaism.
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How many books are in a holy bible?
The Hebrew Bible has 24 books, Catholic Bibles have 73 books, Protestant Bibles have 66 books, and Eastern Orthodox Bibles have up to 81 books.
Which books in the apocrypha were translated from the Hebrew Bible?
none. they were included in some Bibles along with old testament books, but most current Bibles no longer have them. The Catholic Bible does still contain the aprocyphal books
How many books are in the New Testament of Catholics bible?
Catholic bibles and Protestant bibles contain the same 27 books in the New Testament.
What are the books included on Catholic Bibles but not on Protestant Bibles?
The Apocrypha. Check it out in Wikipedia
How many books is The Bible?
There are 39 books or 46 books in the Old Testament scripture depending on which Biblical canon you accept. The Protestant Bibles have 39 books and the Catholic Bibles have 46 which include an additional 7 Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books.Rabbinic Judaism recognizes 24 books of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible, which are the core books accepted in the Old Testament of Christian Bibles. The Hebrew Bible combines several books into a single book (e.g. 12 minor prophet books were originally grouped as a single book) so this accounts for some of the discrepancy in the count for number of books.New Testament cannon is 27 books in both Protestant and Catholic Bibles.
How many books did the Greek cannon add to the canon?
The Greek canon added 8 books to the Old Testament canon. These books, known as the Deuterocanonical books, are not present in the Hebrew Bible but are included in the Greek Septuagint and Catholic Bibles.
What are the different ways of dividing books in the Hebrew and Christian bibles?
Hebrew Bibles contain 24 books divided into 3 parts: The Torah, The Prohets, and the Writings. Christian Bibles contain 66 books, divided into 2 parts: The Old Testament (39 books) and the New Testament (27 books) (Christians subdivide many books that Jews do not subdivide).
How many books in the Old Testament and New Testament?
There are 39 books or 46 books in the Old Testament scripture depending on which Biblical canon you accept. The Protestant Bibles have 39 books and the Catholic Bibles have 46 which include an additional 7 Apocrypha books. New Testament cannon is 27 books in both Protestant and Catholic Bibles.
How many books are there in the Bible total?
The 24 books of the Hebrew Bible are the same as the 39 books of the Protestant Old Testament, only divided and ordered differently: the books of the Minor Prophets are in Christian Bibles twelve different books, and in Hebrew Bibles, one book called "The Twelve".
What do Jewish catholic and protestant bibles have in common?
The books of the Old Testament. Catholic Bibles include passages, and even whole books, added by later Greek authors, which were purged from Jewish Bibles. Protestants followed the Jewish example, and purged the same material.
Does the Catholic Bible include Leviticus?
Roman Catholic AnswerFunny thing about that, the Catholic Church wrote and approved the Bible, all approved Bibles are "Catholic Bibles". Without the Catholic Church there would be no Bible today. The only non-Catholic Bibles are protestant Bibles, and the only difference in them, is that they have removed some books from the Old Testament with which they did not agree. So, to answer your question, of course the Bible includes the book of Leviticus.
What is the number the books in the Old Testament?
There are 39 books or 46 books in the Old Testament scripture depending on which Biblical canon you accept. The Protestant Bibles have 39 books and the Catholic Bibles have 46 which include an additional 7 Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books.Rabbinic Judaism recognizes 24 books of theTanakhorHebrew Bible, which are the core books accepted in the Old Testament of Christian Bibles. The Hebrew Bible combines several books into a single book (e.g. 12 minor prophet books were originally grouped as a single book). Likewise, the books of first and second Samuel, and first and second Kings are each single books in the Hebrew Bible.The different grouping accounts for the discrepancy in the count for the number of books.
