Books of the Bible (73-book Catholic canon)

73 items · Ages 6+ · In order

73 books: 46 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New, in the order and with the names used by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Protestant Bibles have 66 books (see the companion list), and the Orthodox churches' canons include a few more (such as 1 Esdras, 3 Maccabees, the Prayer of Manasseh and Psalm 151). The seven books found here but not in Protestant Bibles, called the deuterocanonical books, are Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch; Esther and Daniel are also longer. Each is marked in the study table.

Knowing the books in order makes it quick to find a passage, and it shows how the Bible is laid out: the Pentateuch, the historical books, the wisdom books and the prophets, then the Gospels and letters.

How to learn it

Seventy-three names is a long list, so chunk it by section: the Pentateuch, the historical books, the wisdom books, the prophets, then the New Testament. Long sections are split into groups of about five. Sing each section to a tune you know; the rhythm carries the order, and the sections give you a map when a name slips.

Encode make it vivid → Space bring it back on day 1, 3, 7, 21 → Retrieve pull it from your head. From the infographic Remember It on Purpose.

Books of the Bible (73-book Catholic canon)

No.	Book	Section
1	Genesis	Pentateuch
2	Exodus	Pentateuch
3	Leviticus	Pentateuch
4	Numbers	Pentateuch
5	Deuteronomy	Pentateuch
6	Joshua	Historical books
7	Judges	Historical books
8	Ruth	Historical books
9	1 Samuel	Historical books
10	2 Samuel	Historical books
11	1 Kings	Historical books
12	2 Kings	Historical books
13	1 Chronicles	Historical books
14	2 Chronicles	Historical books
15	Ezra	Historical books
16	Nehemiah	Historical books
17	Tobit	Historical books
Note: One of the seven deuterocanonical books, in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles leave it out or print it in a separate section called the Apocrypha.
18	Judith	Historical books
Note: One of the seven deuterocanonical books, in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles leave it out or print it in a separate section called the Apocrypha.
19	Esther	Historical books
Note: Catholic Bibles include Greek additions to Esther, such as prayers of Mordecai and Esther.
20	1 Maccabees	Historical books
Note: One of the seven deuterocanonical books, in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles leave it out or print it in a separate section called the Apocrypha.
21	2 Maccabees	Historical books
Note: One of the seven deuterocanonical books, in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles leave it out or print it in a separate section called the Apocrypha.
22	Job	Wisdom books
23	Psalms	Wisdom books
24	Proverbs	Wisdom books
25	Ecclesiastes	Wisdom books
26	Song of Songs	Wisdom books
27	Wisdom	Wisdom books
Note: One of the seven deuterocanonical books, in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles leave it out or print it in a separate section called the Apocrypha.
28	Sirach	Wisdom books
Note: One of the seven deuterocanonical books, in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles leave it out or print it in a separate section called the Apocrypha.
29	Isaiah	Prophetic books
30	Jeremiah	Prophetic books
31	Lamentations	Prophetic books
32	Baruch	Prophetic books
Note: One of the seven deuterocanonical books, in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles leave it out or print it in a separate section called the Apocrypha.
33	Ezekiel	Prophetic books
34	Daniel	Prophetic books
Note: Catholic Bibles include Greek additions to Daniel: the Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon.
35	Hosea	Prophetic books
36	Joel	Prophetic books
37	Amos	Prophetic books
38	Obadiah	Prophetic books
39	Jonah	Prophetic books
40	Micah	Prophetic books
41	Nahum	Prophetic books
42	Habakkuk	Prophetic books
43	Zephaniah	Prophetic books
44	Haggai	Prophetic books
45	Zechariah	Prophetic books
46	Malachi	Prophetic books
47	Matthew	Gospels and Acts
48	Mark	Gospels and Acts
49	Luke	Gospels and Acts
50	John	Gospels and Acts
51	Acts of the Apostles	Gospels and Acts
52	Romans	Paul's letters
53	1 Corinthians	Paul's letters
54	2 Corinthians	Paul's letters
55	Galatians	Paul's letters
56	Ephesians	Paul's letters
57	Philippians	Paul's letters
58	Colossians	Paul's letters
59	1 Thessalonians	Paul's letters
60	2 Thessalonians	Paul's letters
61	1 Timothy	Paul's letters
62	2 Timothy	Paul's letters
63	Titus	Paul's letters
64	Philemon	Paul's letters
65	Hebrews	Other letters and Revelation
66	James	Other letters and Revelation
67	1 Peter	Other letters and Revelation
68	2 Peter	Other letters and Revelation
69	1 John	Other letters and Revelation
70	2 John	Other letters and Revelation
71	3 John	Other letters and Revelation
72	Jude	Other letters and Revelation
73	Revelation	Other letters and Revelation

Books of the Bible (73-book Catholic canon): practice sheet

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