DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS

Book Date Original language (and location)

Wisdom of
c. 150 BCE Most probably Koine Greek in Alexandria
Solomon
c. 225-175 or 175- Probably Aramaic, possibly Hebrew, possibly in
Tobit
164 BCE Antioch
Sirach c. 180-175 BCE Hebrew in Jerusalem
Hebrew (Psalms 151a+b), later merged into Koine
Psalm 151 c. 300-200 BCE
Greek Psalm 151
Prayer of Oldest versions Greek, originally probably Greek,
c. 200 BCE - 50 CE
Manasseh possibly Semitic
Codex Alexandrinus is the oldest version. Medieval
Odes c. 400-440 CE
Greek, prior history unknown
Letter of Oldest versions Greek, probably originally Hebrew
c. 300 BCE
Jeremiah or Aramaic
Oldest versions Greek, originally probably Hebrew,
Judith c. 150-100 BCE
possibly Greek
c. 200-100 BCE (1:1–3:38) Koine Greek, probably originally
(1:1–3:38) Hebrew
Baruch
c. 100 BCE-100 CE (3:39–5:9) Koine Greek, possibly originally Hebrew
(3:39–5:9) or Aramaic
Additions to
c. 100-1 BCE Koine Greek in Alexandria
Esther
Additions to
c. 100 BCE Oldest versions Greek, originally Semitic or Greek
Daniel
4 Maccabees c. 18-55 CE Koine Greek, probably outside Palestine
3 Maccabees c. 100-50 BCE Koine Greek, probably in Alexandria
2 Maccabees c. 150-120 BCE Koine Greek
4 Ezra (2 Esdras 3–14): probably Hebrew by a
c. 90-100 CE (4 Ezra) Palestinian Jew
2 Esdras c. 100-300 CE (5 Ezra) 5 Ezra (2 Esdras 1–2): probably Latin by a Christian
c. 200-300 CE (6 Ezra) 6 Ezra (2 Esdras 15–16): probably Greek by a
Levantine Christian
1 Maccabees c. 135–103 BCE Hebrew, probably in Jerusalem
Probably Greek in Egypt, possibly from a 3rd-
1 Esdras c. 200-140 BCE
century Semitic original