BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

(RSV and Douay-Rheims, with

abbreviations)

Genesis……………………….Gen Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)….Sir

Exodus………………………..Ex Isaiah (Isaias)………………Is
Leviticus……………………..Lev Jeremiah (Jeremias)……..Jer
Numbers……………………..Num Lamentations………………Lam
Deuteronomy………………Deut Baruch………………………...Bar
Joshua…………………………Josh Ezekiel (Ezechiel)………..Ezek
Judges…………………………Judg Daniel…………………………Dan
Ruth……………………………Ruth Hosea (Osee)………………Hos
1 Samuel……………………..1 Sam Joel…………………………….Joel
2 Samuel……………………..2 Sam Amos…………………………Amos
(If a book has a 1, 2, or 3 before its Obadiah (Abdias)……….Obad
title, it should be read: First, Second, Jonah (Jonas)……………..Jon
or Third. For example, First Samuel, Micah (Michaeas)……….Mic
Second Samuel.) Nahum………………………Nahum
1 Kings………………………..1 Kings Habakuk (Habacuc)……Hab
2 Kings………………………...2 Kings Zephaniah (Sophonias).Zeph
(1 and 2 Samuel are known as 1 and 2 Haggai (Aggaeus)……….Hag
Kings in the Douay-Rheims Bible; 1 Zechariah (Zacharias)…Zech
and 2 Kings are called 3 and 4 Kings) Malachi (Malachias)……Mal
1 Chronicles…………………1 Chron 1 Maccabees………………1 Mac
2 Chronicles…………………2 Chron 2 Maccabees………………2 Mac
(1 and 2 Chronicles are called 1 and 2 (1 and 2 Maccabees are known as 1
Paralipomenon in the Douay-Rheims) and 2 Machabees in the Douay)
Ezra……………………………..Ezra
Nehemiah…………………….Neh
(Ezra and Nehemiah are known as 1
and 2 Esdras, respectively, in the
Douay-Rheims)
Tobit (Tobias)………………Tob
Judith……………………………Jud
Esther…………………………..Esther
Job………………………………..Job
Psalms………………………….Ps
(note that the numbering of the
Psalms is different in the Douay-
Rheims)
Proverbs………………………Prov
Ecclesiastes………………….Eccles
Song of Solomon…………..Song
(Douay-Rheims is Canticle of
Canticles)
Wisdom of Solomon….….Wis