THE HOLY BIBLE

Revised Standard Version|Second Catholic Edition

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES
BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A.D. 1611

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS REVISED A.D. 1881-1885 AND A.D. 1901 (APOCRYPHA REVISED A.D. 1894)

COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES AND REVISED A.D. 1952 (APOCRYPHA REVISED A.D. 1957)

THE ORIGINAL CATHOLIC EDITION OF THE RSV TRANSLATION
WAS PREPARED BY THE
CATHOLIC BIBLICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN

THIS EDITION WAS REVISED ACCORDING TO
LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM, 2002

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The Names and Order of the Books

THE OLD TESTAMENT
Abbreviations in the Notes
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel (1 Kings)
2 Samuel (2 Kings)
1 Kings (3 Kings)
2 Kings (4 Kings)
1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon)
2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon)
Ezra (1 Esdras)
Nehemiah (2 Esdras)
Tobit (Tobias)
Judith
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon (Canticle of Canticles)
The Wisdom of Solomon (Wisdom)
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
Isaiah (Isaias)
Jeremiah (Jeremias)
Lamentations
Baruch
Ezekiel (Ezechiel)
Daniel
Hosea (Osee)
Joel
Amos
Obadiah (Abdias)
Jonah (Jonas)
Micah (Michaes)
Nahum
Habakkuk (Habacuc)
Zephaniah (Sophonias)
Haggai (Aggeus)
Zechariah (Zacharias)
Malachi (Malachias)
1 Maccabees (1 Machabees)
2 Maccabees (2 Machabees)
The books of the Apocrypha and the Deuterocanonical Books of the Catholic Old Testament are related as follows: Apocrypha
Deuterocanonical Books 1 (3) Esdras
Not included 2 (4) Esdras
Not included Tobit
Tobit Judith
Judith Additions to Esther
Esther (part of) The Wisdom of Solomon
The Wisdom of Solomon Sirach
Sirach Baruch
Baruch 1-5 The Letter of Jeremiah
Baruch 6 The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men
Daniel 3 (part of) Susanna
Daniel 13 Bel and the Dragon
Daniel 14 The Prayer of Manasseh
Not included 1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees The Names and Order of the Books

THE NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy

2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
Jude
Revelation of John (The Apocalypse)

Parallel Notes
Doctrinal Notes
Exegetical Notes
Abbreviations in the Notes
In the notes to the books of the Old Testament, the following abbreviations are used: Ms for manuscript; Mss for manuscripts. Heb denotes the Hebrew of the consonantal Masoretic Text of the Old Testament; and MT denotes the Hebrew of the pointed Masoretic Text of the Old Testament. The ancient versions of the Old Testament are indicated by: GkSeptuagint Greek Version of Old Testament LatLatin Version of Tobit, Judith, and 2 Maccabees SamSamaritan Hebrew text of Old Testament SyrSyriac Version of Old Testament TgTargum VgVulgate, Latin Version of Old Testament Cn indicates a correction made where the text has suffered in transmission and the versions provide no satisfactory restoration but the Committee agrees with the judgment of competent scholars as to the most probable reconstruction of the original text. References to quoted and parallel passages are given following the textual notes on pages where these are relevant.

THE OLD TESTAMENT

Revised Standard Version|Second Catholic Edition TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK
BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A.D. 1611
REVISED A.D. 1881 AND A.D. 1901
COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES
AND REVISED A.D. 1946
THE ORIGINAL CATHOLIC EDITION OF THE RSV TRANSLATION
WAS PREPARED BY THE
CATHOLIC BIBLICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN THIS EDITION WAS REVISED ACCORDING TO
LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM, 2002