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Books of the Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
Genesis – Gen.
\nExodus – Ex.
\nLeviticus – Lev.
\nNumbers – Num.
\nDeuteronomy – Deut.
\nJoshua – Josh.
\nJudges – Judg.
\nRuth – Rth.
\n1 Kingdoms – 1 King.
\n2 Kingdoms – 2 King.
\n3 Kingdoms – 3 King.
\n4 Kingdoms – 4 King.
\n1 Chronicles – 1 Chr.
\n2 Chronicles – 2 Chr.
\n1 Ezra – 1 Ez.
\n2 Ezra – 2 Ez.
\nNehemiah – Neh.
\nTobit – Tob.
\nJudith – Jdth.
\nEsther – Esth.
\n1 Maccabees – 1 Mac.
\n2 Maccabees – 2 Mac.
\n3 Maccabees – 3 Mac.
\nPsalms – Ps.
\nJob – Jb.
\nProverbs of Solomon – Pr.
\nEcclesiastes – Ecc.
\nSong of Songs – SS.
\nWisdom of Solomon – WSol.
\nSirach – Sir.
\nHosea – Hos.
\nAmos – Am.
\nMicah – Mic.
\nJoel – Jl.
\nObadiah – Ob.
\nJonah – Jon.
\nNahum – Nah.
\nHabakkuk – Hab.
\nZephaniah – Zeph.<\/td>\n		Haggai – Hag.
\nZechariah – Zech.
\nMalachi – Mal.
\nIsaiah – Is.
\nJeremiah – Jer.
\nBaruch – Bar.
\nLamentations of Jeremiah – LJer.
\nEpistle of Jeremiah – EJer.
\nEzekiel – Ez.
\nDaniel – Dan.
\nSusanna – Sus.
\nBel and the Serpent – Bel.
\nMatthew – Matt.
\nMark – Mark
\nLuke – Luke
\nJohn – John
\nActs – Acts
\nRomans – Rom.
\n1 Corinthians – 1 Cor.
\n2 Corinthians – 2 Cor.
\nGalatians – Gal.
\nEphesians – Eph.
\nPhilippians – Phil.
\nColossians – Col.
\n1 Thessalonians – 1 Thess.
\n2 Thessalonians – 2 Thess.
\n1 Timothy – 1 Tim.
\n2 Timothy – 2 Tim.
\nTitus – Titus
\nPhilemon – Phlm.
\nHebrews – Heb.
\nJames – James
\n1 Peter – 1 Pet.
\n2 Peter – 2 Pet.
\n1 John – 1 John
\n2 John – 2 John
\n3 John – 3 John
\nJude – Jude
\nRevelation – Rev.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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General References<\/strong>
\nAra.<\/em> – Aramaic
\nGrk.<\/em> – Greek
\nHeb<\/em> – Hebrew
\nSam.<\/em> – Samaritan Pentateuch
\nSyr.<\/em> – Syriac<\/p>\n

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Bible Translations<\/strong>
\nASV<\/em> – American Standard Version
\nASVBT<\/em> – American Standard Version Byzantine Text
\nBR<\/em> – Brenton’s English Septuagint
\nJB<\/em> – Jerusalem Bible
\nKJV<\/em> – King James Version
\nLXX<\/em> – Septuagint
\nNJB<\/em> – New Jerusalem Bible
\nNRSV<\/em> – New Revised Standard Version
\nRSV<\/em> – Revised Standard Version <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Books of the Bible Genesis – Gen. Exodus – Ex. Leviticus – Lev. Numbers – Num. Deuteronomy – Deut. Joshua – Josh. Judges – Judg. Ruth – Rth. 1 Kingdoms – 1 King. 2 Kingdoms – 2 King. 3 Kingdoms – 3 King. 4 Kingdoms – 4 King. 1 Chronicles – 1 Chr. 2 Chronicles… <\/p>\n

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