Ethiopian orthodox with largest bible canon

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Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Tobit
Judith
Esther
(includes additions to Esther)
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs (Song of Solomon)
Wisdom of Solomon
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Baruch
(includes Letter of Jeremiah)
Ezekiel
Daniel
(includes Susanna & Bel and the Dragon)
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zecariah
Malachi
Old Testament
(Ethiopic Narrower Canon)
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Enoch
Jubilees
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
3rd Ezra
4rth Ezra
Tobit
Judith
Esther
(includes additions to Esther)
1 Macabees
2 Macabees
3 Macabees
Job
Psalms
(+ Psalm 151)
Proverbs
(Proverbs 1-24)
Täagsas
(Proverbs 25-31)
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch
(includes Letter of Jeremiah)
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zecariah
Malachi
Adapted from Hans Peter Rüger, “The Extent of the Old Testament Canon,” The Bible Translator 40 (1989), pp. 301-303; and Bruce Metzger, “Bible,” Oxford Companion to the Bible, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), p. 79. Metzger adds one more book to the list above: Joseph ben Gurion’s (Josippon’s) medieval history of the Jews and other nations. See also: The Biblical Canon Of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Today.
See Also: The Canon
 
hi excalibur, have you read the “extra” books or passages?

Täagsas is one I have never heard of before.
 
Well Christianity has been around
in Ethiopia for a long time, the ethiopian in the bible who had questions about bible passages was baptised and spread the gospel in ethiopia.

There may be a reasonable explanation for there larger bible canon.
 
excaliber said:
Well Christianity has been around
in Ethiopia for a long time, the ethiopian in the bible who had questions about bible passages was baptised and spread the gospel in ethiopia.

There may be a reasonable explanation for there larger bible canon.
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I’m sure there is. Actually, I would find it interesting to read. And also how it lines up with the readings at Mass (Assuming the Ethiopian church’s liturgy is similar to our Latin Mass. I really have no idea.)
 
RebeccaJ said:
hi excalibur, have you read the “extra” books or passages?

Täagsas is one I have never heard of before.
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I haven’t read them yet. There is an Ethiopian orthodox church about an hour from me, Im going to request some information.

Also I will try to find a web link for you all.
 
The canon of the Ethiopic Bible differs both in the Old and New Testament from that of any other churches.
List all books. As a whole, books written in the Geez language and on parchment are numerous. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has 46 books of the Old Testament and 35 books of the New Testament that will bring the total of canonized books of the Bible to 81.
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These are the following
A. The Holy Books of the Old Testament
  1. Genesis
  2. Exodus
  3. Leviticus
  4. Numbers
  5. Deuteronomy
  6. Joshua
  7. Judges
  8. Ruth
  9. I and II Samuel
  10. I and II Kings
  11. I Chronicles
  12. II Chronicles
  13. Jublee
  14. Enoch
  15. Ezra and Nehemia
  16. Ezra (2nd) and Ezra Sutuel
  17. Tobit
  18. Judith
  19. Esther
  20. I Maccabees
  21. II and III Maccabees
  22. Job
  23. Psalms
  24. Proverbs
  25. Tegsats (Reproof)
  26. Metsihafe Tibeb (the books of wisdom)
  27. Ecclesiastes
  28. The Song of Songs
  29. Isaiah
  30. Jeremiah
  31. Ezekiel
  32. Daniel
  33. Hosea
  34. Amos
  35. Micah
  36. Joel
  37. Obadiah
  38. Jonah
  39. Nahum
  40. Habakkuk
  41. Zephaniah
  42. Haggai
  43. Zechariah
  44. Malachi
  45. Book of Joshua the son of Sirac
  46. The Book of Josephas the Son of Bengorion
B. The holy books of the New Testament
  1. Matthew
  2. Mark
  3. Luke
  4. John
  5. The Acts
  6. Romans
  7. I Corinthians
  8. II Corinthians
  9. Galatians
  10. Ephesians
  11. Philippians
  12. Colossians
  13. I Thessalonians
  14. II Thessalonians
  15. I Timothy
  16. II Timothy
  17. Titus
  18. Philemon
  19. Hebrews
  20. I Peter
  21. II Peter
  22. I John
  23. II John
  24. III John
  25. James
  26. Jude
  27. Revelation
  28. Sirate Tsion (the book of order)
  29. Tizaz (the book of Herald)
  30. Gitsew
  31. Abtilis
  32. The I book of Dominos
  33. The II book of Dominos
  34. The book of Clement
  35. Didascalia
 
Clement doesn’t surprise me. A version of the didache does, as it is essentially, a catechism. Interesting!
 
RebeccaJ said:
Clement doesn’t surprise me. A version of the didache does, as it is essentially, a catechism. Interesting!
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very interesting!!!

By the way, dose anyone know if we are in communion with any of the Oriental Orthodox Church’s?
 
Just for the record, Books like Enoch I and Assumption of Moses (and even some NT apocrypha like the Gospel of Nicodemus or the Shepherd of Hermas) are reliable and accurate in a human way. Although they are not divine Scripture, I believe they record accurate things. It may be that they were passed along in oral form before being written down.
 
Just for the record, Books like Enoch I and Assumption of Moses (and even some NT apocrypha like the Gospel of Nicodemus or the Shepherd of Hermas) are reliable and accurate in a human way. Although they are not divine Scripture, I believe they record accurate things. It may be that they were passed along in oral form before being written down.

But where is Lesser Genesis (the Book of Jubilees)? I really think it contains reliable oral tradition. I though the Ethiopian Orthodox included that. Or was it the Coptic Orthodox? But they do have a Greater Canon and a Lesser Canon.

It seems that Ethiopian Orthodox also have a lot of unique Judaic elements (which makes sense, since they were Jews before they were Christians). They even have the whole Ark or a relic of it.
 
excaliber said:
very interesting!!!

By the way, dose anyone know if we are in communion with any of the Oriental Orthodox Church’s?
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There are at least the Ethiopian Catholic Church and the Coptic Catholic Church. I forget which other Eastern Catholic branches are from the Oriental line.
 
Rolltide said:
There are at least the Ethiopian Catholic Church and the Coptic Catholic Church. I forget which other Eastern Catholic branches are from the Oriental line.
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Interesting, which church is the same mentioned in the bible that the Ethiopian was baptised and whent back to Ethiopia to preach?
The Catholic Ethiopian Church
Or The Orthodox Ethiopian Church?

I am interested in learning the history of Christianity in Ethiopia.
 
a) Is this supposed to be Ethiopiac Canon of Eighty One (Narrower Canon) or Ethiopiac Canon of Eighty One (Broader Canon)?

b) Was there a specific reason for omitting the New Testament from the list?

jonathon
 
excaliber;:
There may be a reasonable explanation for there larger bible canon.
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The Ethiopiac Canon of Eighty One (Broader Canon) has not been closed.

The Ethiopiac Canon of Eighty One (Narrower Canon is closed. Precisely when that was done is uncertain, but the Haile Selassie Bible is the definitive version of that Canon.

jonathon
 
jblake said:
a) Is this supposed to be Ethiopiac Canon of Eighty One (Narrower Canon) or Ethiopiac Canon of Eighty One (Broader Canon)?

b) Was there a specific reason for omitting the New Testament from the list?

jonathon
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I think this is the narrow one.
And I copied the OT, then later found where both OT and NT where listed.
 
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excaliber:
I think this is the narrow one.
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Both lists mix up the Narrower Canon and Broader Canon, for the OT.
then later found where both OT and NT where listed.
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The NT list more or less follows that of the Broader Canon.

jonathon
 
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