Handout #1
The Layout of the Bible (Jewish, Catholic/Orthodox, and Protestant)
HEBREW BIBLE
CHRISTIAN BIBLES
TORAH (LAW)
NEVI’IM (PROPHETS)
KETHUVIM (WRITINGS)
PENTATEUCH
HISTORICAL BOOKS
POETRY AND WISDOM
PROPHETIC BOOKS
Hebrew Bible
Greek
Septuagint
Bible
Roman
Catholic and
Greek
Orthodox
Bible
Protestant
Bible
Torah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Pentateuch
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Pentateuch
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Pentateuch
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Prophets
(Former Prophets)
Joshua
Judges
1 & 2 Samuel
1 & 2 Kings
Historical Books
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1-2 Regnorum (1-2
Samuel)
3-4 Regnorum (1-2
Kings)
1-2 Paralipomenon
(1-2 Chronicles)
1 Esdras
2 Esdras (EzraNehemiah)
Esther
Judith
Tobit
1-4 Maccabees
Historical Books
Josue (Joshua)
Judges
Ruth
1 and 2 Kings (1-2
Samuel)
3-4 Kings (1-2 Kings)
1-2 Paralipomenon
(1-2 Chronicles)
1-2 Esdras (Ezra –
Nehemiah)
Historical Books
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1-2 Samuel
1-2 Kings
(Latter Prophets)
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
(Book of the 12)
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Tobias (Tobit)*
Judith*
Esther (with
additions*)
1-2 Maccabees*
1-2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Writings
Psalms
Job
Ruth (megillot)
Song of Solomon
(megillot)
Ecclesiastes
(megillot)
Lamentations
(megillot)
Esther (megillot)
Daniel
Ezra – Nehemiah
1-2 Chronicles
Poetry and Wisdom
Psalms
Odes
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Job
Wisdom of
Solomon
Sirach
(Ecclesiasticus)
Psalms of Solomon
Poetry and Wisdom
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Canticle of
Canticles (Song of
Solomon)
Wisdom of
Solomon*
Ecclesiasticus*
(Wisdom of Jesus
ben Sirach)
Poetry and Wisdom
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Prophetic Books
Isaias (Isaiah)
Jeremias
(Jeremiah)
Lamentations
Baruch (including
the epistle of
Jeremias*)
Ezechiel (Ezekiel)
Daniel (with
additions*; Prayer
of Azariah and
Song of the 3
Young Men*;
Susanna*; and Bel
and the Dragon*)
Prophetic Books
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Osee (Hosea)
Joel
Amos
Abidas (Obadiah)
Jonas (Jonah)
Micheas (Micah)
Nahum
Habucuc
(Habakkuk)
Sophonias
(Zephaniah)
Aggeus (Haggai)
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Prophetic Books
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch
Lamentations
Epistle of Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Susanna
Daniel
Bel and the Dragon
Ezekiel
Daniel
Zacharias
(Zechariah)
Malachias
(Malachi)
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts of the
Apostles
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Letter to the
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Book of Revelation
2 Chronicles 36:23
“Thus said King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord
God of Heaven has given me all the
kingdoms of the earth, and has charged
me with building Him a House in
Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any one of
you of all His people, the Lord his God be
with him and let him go up.”
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts of the
Apostles
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Letter to the
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Book of Revelation
Malachi 4:5-6
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the great and terrible day
of the Lord comes. And he will turn the
hearts of fathers to their children and the
hearts of children to their fathers, lest I
come and smite the land with a curse.”