Books of the Bible Pronunciation, Categorization, and Abbreviation

Divisions of the Bible In Judaism, the Bible is divided into the (1) Torah, (2) Nevi’im (Prophets), and (3) Ketuvim (Writings) In Catholicism, the ordering of the books is different. There are four main sections (which will appear soon), but it is useful to think of it as being: Torah, Ketuvim, Nevi’im

Torah (Pentateuch) Genesis - Gen Exodus - Ex Leviticus - Lv Numbers - Nm Deuteronomy - Dt

Historical Books Joshua – Jos Judges – Jgs Ruth – Ru 1 Samuel – 1 Sm 2 Samuel – 2 Sm 1 Kings – 1 Kgs 2 Kings – 2 Kgs 1 Chronicles – 1 Chr 2 Chronicles – 2 Chr

Historical Books continued Ezra – Ezr Nehemiah – Neh Tobit – Tb Judith – Jdt Esther – Est

Wisdom Books Job – Jb Psalms – Pss (If citing a single Psalm in a paper, you would use Ps) Proverbs – Prv Ecclesiastes – Eccl Song of Songs – Sg Wisdom – Wis Sirach - Sir

Prophets Isaiah – Is Jeremiah – Jer Lamentations – Lam Baruch – Bar Ezekiel – Ez Daniel – Dn The names in bold are the Major Prophets (often Lam and Bar are attributed to Jeremiah)

Prophets continued Hosea – Hos Joel – Jl Amos – Am Obadiah – Ob Jonah – Jon Micah – Mi Nahum – Na Habakkuk – Hab Zephaniah – Zep Haggai – Hg Zechariah – Zec Malachi – Mal All of these are known as the Minor Prophets.

The Final Two Books At the end of the Old Testament are two historical books: 1 Maccabees – 1 Mc 2 Maccabees – 2 Mc