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The Ethiopian canon of the Scriptures is the set of writings that is considered authoritative scripture by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

The Canon of the Tewahedo Church is looser than for most other traditional Christian groups. The Ethiopian "narrow" Old Testament Canon includes the books found in the Septuagint accepted by the Orthodox plus Enoch, Jubilees, 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras, 3 Maccabees, and Psalm 151. However, their three books of the Maccabees are identical in title only, and quite different in content from those of the other Christian churches which include them. The order of the other books is somewhat different from other groups', as well. This Church also has a "broader canon" that includes more books.

Narrower Canon

This is the canon that is used in the Haile Salisse Version of the Bible, that was published in 1962.

1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
6. Joshua
7. Judges
8. Ruth
9. Judith
10. 1 Samuel
11. 2 Samuel,
12. 1 Kings
13. 2 Kings
14. 1 Chronicles
15. 2 Chronicles, Prayer of Manasseh
16. 1 Esdras (Ezra)
17. 2 Esdras (Nehemiah)
18. 3 Esdras
19. Ezra Sutu'el (4 Esdras 3-14)
20. Greek Esther
21. Tobit
22. 1 Meqabyan
23. 2 Meqabyan
24. 3 Meqabyan
25. Job
26. Psalms, Psalm 151
27. Messalë (Proverbs 1 - 24)
28. Täagsas (Proverbs 25 - 31)
29. Wisdom of Solomon
30. Ecclesiastes
31. Song of Solomon
32. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
33. Isaiah
34. Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1 - 52)
35. Säqoqawä Eremyas (Lamentations)
36. Baruch (Baruch 1-5)
37. Epistle of Jeremiah
38. Ezekiel
39. Daniel
40. Song of the Three Young Men, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon
41. Hosea
42. Amos
43. Micah
44. Joel
45. Obadiah
46. Jonah
47. Nahum
48. Habakkuk
49. Zephaniah
50. Haggai
51. Zacariah
52. Malachi
53. Enoch
54. Jubilees
55. Matthew
56. Mark
57. Luke
58. John
59. Acts
60. Romans
61. 1 Corinthians
62. 2 Corinthians
63. Galatians
64. Ephesians
65. Philippians
66. Collossians
67. 1 Thessalonians
68. 2 Thessalonians
69. 1 Timothy
70. 2 Timothy
71. Titus
72. Philemon
73. Hebrews
74. James
75. 1 Peter
76. 2 Peter
77. 1 John
78. 2 John
79. 3 John
80. Jude
81. Revelation

Broader Canon

1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
6. Joshua
7. Judges
8. Ruth
9. Judith
10. 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings
11. 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Prayer of Manasseh
12. 1 Esdras (Ezra)
13. 2 Esdras (Nehemiah)
14. 3 Esdras, Ezra Sutu'el (4 Esdras 3-14)
15. Greek Esther
16. Tobit
17. 1 Meqabyan
18. 2 Meqabyan, 3 Meqabyan
19. Job
20. Psalms, Psalm 151
21. Messalë (Proverbs 1 - 24)
22. Täagsas (Proverbs 25 - 31)
23. Wisdom of Solomon
24. Ecclesiastes
25. Song of Solomon
26. Isaiah
27. Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1 - 52)
28. Säqoqawä Eremyas (Lamentations, Epistle of Jeremiah)
29. Baruch (Baruch 1-5)
30. Ezekiel
31. Daniel (Daniel, Song of the Three Young Men, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon)
32. Hosea
33. Amos
34. Micah
35. Joel
36. Obadiah
37. Jonah
38. Nahum
39. Habakkuk
40. Zephaniah
41. Haggai
42. Zacariah
43. Malachi
44. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
45. Jubilees
46. Enoch
47. Matthew
48. Mark
49. Luke
50. John
51. Acts
52. Romans
53. 1 Corinthians
54. 2 Corinthians
55. Galatians
56. Ephesians
57. Philippians
58. Collossians
59. 1 Thessalonians
60. 2 Thessalonians
61. 1 Timothy
62. 2 Timothy
63. Titus
64. Philemon
65. Hebrews
66. James
67. 1 Peter
68. 2 Peter
69. 1 John
70. 2 John
71. 3 John
72. Jude
73. Revelation
74. 1 Book of the Covenant (Mäshafä Kidan 1 - 60)
75. 2 Book of the Covenant (Mäshafä Kidan 61)
76. Didesqelya
77. 1 Sinodos (Ser`atä Seyon)
78. 2 Sinodos (Te'ezaz)
79. 3 Sinodos (Gessew)
80. 4 Sinodos (Abtelis)
81. Qälëmentos

See also

• Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church#Biblican canon

External links

• The Biblical Canon Of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Today