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The Books of the Bible and Abbreviations Grade 5, Chapter 2 The Books of the Bible and Abbreviations The Old Testament The Torah or Pentateuch The Book of Joshua (Jos) The Book of Proverbs (Prv) The Books of Genesis (Gn) The Book of Judges (Jgs) The Book of Ecclesiastes (Eccl) The Book of Exodus (Ex) The Book of Ruth (Ru) The Song of Songs (Sng) The Book of Leviticus (Lv) The Wisdom Books The Book of Wisdom (Wis) The Book of Numbers (Nm) The Book of Job (Jb) The Book of Sirach (Sir) The Book of Deuteronomy (Dt) The Book of Psalms (Ps) The Prophetic Books The Historical Books The Book of Esther (Est) The Book of Amos (Am) The First Book of Samuel (1 Sm) The First Book of Maccabees (1 Mc) The Book of Obadiah (Ob) The Second Book of Samuel (2 Sm) The Second Book of Maccabees (2 Mc) The Book of Jonah (Jon) The First Book of Kings (1 Kgs) The Book of Isaiah (Is) The Book of Micah (Mi) The Second Book of Kings (2 Kgs) The Book of Jeremiah (Jer) The Book of Nahum (Na) The First Book of Chronicles (1 Chr) The Book of Lamentations (Lam) The Book of Habakkuk (Hb) The Second Book of Chronicles (2 Chr) The Book of Baruch (Bar) The Book of Zephaniah (Zep) The Book of Ezra (Ezr) The Book of Ezekiel (Ez) The Book of Haggai (Hg) The Book of Nehemiah (Neh) The Book of Daniel (Dn) The Book of Zechariah (Zec) The Book of Tobit (Tb) The Book of Hosea (Hos) The Book of Malachi (Mal) The Book of Judith (Jdt) The Book of Joel (Jl) The New Testament The Gospels The Gospel according to Matthew (Mt) The Letter to the Galatians (Gal) The Letter to Titus (Ti) The Gospel according to Mark (Mk) The Letter to the Ephesians (Eph) The Letter to Philemon (Phim) The Gospel according to Luke (Lk) The Letter to the Philippians (Phil) The Letter to the Hebrews (Heb) The Gospel according to John (Jn) The Letter to the Colossians (Col) The Catholic Letters The Acts of the Apostles (Acts) The Letter of Jude (Jude) The Letter of James (Jas) The New Testament Letters The First Letter to the The First Letter of Peter (1 Pt) Thessalonians (1 Thes) or Epistles The Second Letter of Peter (2 Pt) The Letter to the Romans (Rom) The Second Letter to the Thessalonians (2 Thes) The First Letter of John (1 Jn) The First Letter to the Corinthians The Second Letter of John (2 Jn) (1 Cor) The First Letter to Timothy (1 Tim) The Third Letter of John (3 Jn) The Second Letter to the The Second Letter to Timothy Corinthians (2 Cor) (2 Tim) The Book of Revelation (Rv) ©Copyright. RCL • Resources for Christian Living®. All rights reserved..
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