Ge'ez Canons

Beta Israel Canon and EOTC Canon

Texts of the Beta Israel "Beluyat" (Ancient Texts) Biblical Canon

Orit (Octateuch)

  1. Genesis
  2. Exodus
  3. Leviticus
  4. Numbers
  5. Deuteronomy
  6. Joshua
  7. Judges
  8. Ruth

Four Books of Kings

  1. First Kings (I Samuel)
  2. Second Kings (II Samuel)
  3. Third Kings (I Kings)
  4. Fourth Kings (II Kings)

Five Books of Solomon

  1. Proverbs (ch. 1-24)
  2. Rebukes (Proverbs ch. 25-31)
  3. Ecclesiastes
  4. Wisdom of Solomon
  5. Song of Songs

Twelve Minor Prophets

  1. Hosea
  2. Amos
  3. Micah
  4. Joel
  5. Obadiah
  6. Jonah
  7. Nahum
  8. Habakkuk
  9. Zephaniah
  10. Haggai
  11. Zachariah
  12. Malachi

Further Uncategorised "Beluyat"

  1. Psalms (including Psalm 151)
  2. Isaiah
  3. Book of Jeremiah
    • Jeremiah
    • Baruch
    • Lamentations
    • Epistle of Jeremiah
    • Rest of the Words of Baruch
  4. Ezekiel
  5. Book of Daniel
    • Susanna
    • Daniel (including "additions")
    • Bel & The Dragon
  6. Job
  7. Sirach
  8. Esther (including "additions")
  9. Judith
  10. Tobit

The Two Lesser Books

  1. I Chronicles
  2. II Chronicles (including Prayer of Manasseh)

Books of Ezra

  1. Ezra Sutuel
  2. Second Ezra ("Greek Esdras")
  3. Third Ezra
    • Ezra
    • Nehemiah

Books of Maccabees

  1. First Meqabyan
  2. Second Meqabyan

See also: Beta Israel "Other Holy Books" or "Secondary Canon"

Texts of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church "Old Testament" Canon

Orit (Octateuch)

  1. Genesis
  2. Exodus
  3. Leviticus
  4. Numbers
  5. Deuteronomy
  6. Joshua
  7. Judges
  8. Ruth

Mäṣḥäfāt (Writings)

  1. Samuel / First Book of Kings
  2. Kings / Second Book of Kings
  3. I Chronicles
  4. II Chronicles (including Prayer of Manasseh)
  5. Jubilees
  6. Enoch
  7. First Book of Ezra
    • Ezra
    • Nehemiah
  8. Second Book of Ezra
    • Ezra Sutuel
    • "Greek Esdras"
  9. Tobit
  10. Judith
  11. Esther (including "additions")
  12. First Meqabyan
  13. Second Meqabyan
  14. Job

    15. Mäzmərāt (Psalms)

  15. Psalms (including Psalm 151)

    16. Further Mäṣḥäfāt (Writings)

  16. Proverbs (ch. 1-24)
  17. Rebukes (Proverbs ch. 25-31)
  18. Wisdom of Solomon
  19. Ecclesiastes
  20. Song of Songs
  1. Sirach

Tənbāt (Prophecies)

  1. Isaiah
  2. Book of Jeremiah
    • Jeremiah
    • Baruch
    • Lamentations
    • Epistle of Jeremiah
    • Rest of the Words of Baruch
  3. Ezekiel
  4. Book of Daniel
    • Susanna
    • Daniel (including "additions")
    • Bel & The Dragon
  5. Hosea
  6. Amos
  7. Micah
  8. Joel
  9. Obadiah
  10. Jonah
  11. Nahum
  12. Habakkuk
  13. Zephaniah
  14. Haggai
  15. Zachariah
  16. Malachi

Semi-Canonical and Deutero-Canonical Books

Semi-Canonical Book

  1. Zena Ayhud (Josippon)

Deutero-Canonical Book



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