The new Oxford annotated Bible : New Revised Standard Version : with the Apocrypha : an ecumenical study Bible

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The editor's preface -- To the reader -- Alphabetical listing of the books of the Bible -- Abbreviations The Hebrew Bible : The Pentateuch : Introduction -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy The historical books : Introduction -- Joshua -- Judges -- Ruth -- 1 Samuel (1 Kingdoms in Greek) -- 2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms in Greek) -- 1 Kings (3 Kingdoms in Greek) -- 2 Kings (4th Kingdoms in Greek) -- 1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon in Greek) -- 2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon in Greek) -- Ezra (2 Esdras in Greek) -- Esther The poetical and wisdom books : Introduction -- Job -- Psalms -- Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes -- Song of Solomon The prophetic books : Introduction -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Lamentations -- Ezekiel -- Daniel -- Hosea -- Joel -- Amos -- Obadiah -- Jonah -- Micah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Zephaniah -- Haggai -- Zechariah -- Malachi The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books : Introduction -- [A.] Books and additions to Esther and Daniel that are in the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Slavonic Bibles : Tobit -- Judith -- The additions to the Book of Esther (with a translation of the entire Greek text of Esther) -- Wisdom of Solomon -- Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach -- Baruch -- The letter of Jeremiah (Baruch ch. 6) -- The additions to the Greek Book of Daniel : The prayer of Azariah and the Song of the three Jews -- Susanna -- Bel and the dragon -- 1 Maccabees -- 2 Maccabees -- [B.] Books in the Greek and Slavonic Bibles; not in the Roman Catholic canon : 1. Esdras (2 Esdras in Slavonic, 3 Esdras in Appendix to Vulgate) -- Psalm 151 (following Psalm 150 in the Greek Bible) -- 3 Maccabees -- [C.] In the Slavonic Bible and in the Latin Vulgate Appendix : 2 Esdras (3 Esdras in Slavonic, 4 Esdras in Vulgate Appenidx) -- (Note : in the Latin Vulgate, Ezra and Nehemiah as 1 and 2 Esdras) -- [D.] In an appendix to the Greek Bible : 4 Maccabees The New Testament : The Gospels : Introduction -- Matthew -- Mark -- Luke -- John -- The Acts of the apostles -- Letters/epistles in the New Testament : Introduction -- Romans -- 1 Corinthians -- 2 Corinthians -- Galatians -- Ephesians -- Philippians -- Colossians -- 1 Thessalonians -- 2 Thessalonians -- Introduction to the pastoral epistles : 1 Timothy -- 2 Timothy -- Titus -- Philemon -- Hebrews -- James -- 1 Peter -- 2 Peter -- 1 John -- 2 John -- 3 John -- Jude -- Revelation General essays, tables : The canons of the Bible -- Textual criticism -- Translation of the Bible into English -- Interpretation : The Hebrew Bible's interpretation of itself -- The New Testament interprets Jewish scriptures -- Jewish interpretation in the premodern era -- Christian interpretation in the premodern era -- The interpretation of the Bible : from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries -- Contemporary methods in biblical study -- The geography of the Bible -- Cultural context : The Ancient Near East -- The Persian and Hellenistic periods -- The Roman period -- Tables : Timeline -- Chronological table of rulers -- Weights and measures -- Calendar -- Parallel texts -- Translation of ancient texts -- Glossary -- Index to the study materials -- Concordance -- Color maps.