Orthodox Tewahedo Canon
The Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is a version of the Christian Bible used in the two Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Ethiopian and Eritrean traditions: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. At 81 books, it is the largest and most varied biblical canon in traditional Christendom.
This site currently provides the 66 books shared with the Protestant canon. The Ethiopian-unique books (Enoch, Jubilees, the three Meqabyan, and others listed below) are not yet included.
Narrower and broader canon
Western scholars classify the books of the canon into two categories: the narrower canon, which consists mostly of books familiar to the West, and the broader canon, which includes nine additional books.
Narrower canon — Old Testament
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 and 2 Samuel
- 1 and 2 Kings
- I Chronicles
- II Chronicles (incl. the Prayer of Manasseh)
- Jubilees
- Enoch
- 1 Izra (Ezra–Nehemiah)
- 2 Izra (Greek Esdras)
- Izra Sutuel (“Ezra Shealtiel”, i.e. 4 Ezra)
- Tobit
- Judith
- Esther
- 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan
- Job
- Psalms
- Messale (Proverbs ch 1–24)
- Tagsas (Proverbs ch 25–31)
- Wisdom of Solomon
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs
- Sirach
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah (incl. Baruch, Lamentations, Letter of Jeremiah, and 4 Baruch)
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Amos
- Micah
- Joel
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
- Josippon
Unique to the Orthodox Tewahedo canon are the Paralipomena of Jeremiah (4 Baruch), Jubilees, Enoch, and the three books of Meqabyan.
Narrower canon — New Testament
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Acts
- Romans
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Timothy
- 2 Timothy
- Titus
- Philemon
- Hebrews
- 1 Peter
- 2 Peter
- 1 John
- 2 John
- 3 John
- James
- Jude
- Revelation
Broader canon
The broader canon adds to the 81 books of the Tewahedo Bible the following:
- Josippon (1 book)
- Sinodos (4 books): Ser'ata Seyon, Te'ezaz, Gessew, Abtelis
- Books of Covenant (2 books)
- Ethiopic Clement (1 book)
- Didascalia (1 book)
Source
Summarised from the Wikipedia article Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon. Quoted and paraphrased text is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.