# The non-canon books of the Bible

There isn't a complete consensus on *all* the books of the Bible.

- The core 66 books are relatively undisputed except for [a select few people who are probably not believers](people-conflicts-christian-4_false.md), but many people believe in a few extra.

## Apocrypha/Deuterocanon

The Apocrypha/Deuterocanon (literally, "second rule") were mostly made between 200 B.C. and 100 A.D., declared Scripture around the 9th and 10th centuries, and included as a separate section in 1534.

- They were added to the Old Testament, but they weren't part of the original Hebrew Bible.
- They're worth academic study, but Christians debate endlessly about how much God directly inspired them.
- Protestants often condemn the books outright as blasphemy.

Only a few of the Deuterocrypha have survived:

- [Tobit](https://apocrypha.org/web/tobit/1.htm)
- [Judith](https://apocrypha.org/web/judith/1.htm)
- [Maccabees](https://apocrypha.org/brenton/1_maccabees/1.htm) ([twice](https://apocrypha.org/brenton/2_maccabees/1.htm))
- additions to other books:
  - [Esther](https://apocrypha.org/web/esther_greek/1.htm)
  - Daniel, including [Prayer of Azariah](https://apocrypha.org/web/prayer_of_azariah/1.htm)
- [Wisdom of Solomon](https://apocrypha.org/brenton/wisdom_of_solomon/1.htm)
- [Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)](https://apocrypha.org/brenton/ecclesiasticus/1.htm)
- [Baruch](https://apocrypha.org/web/baruch/1.htm) (with the [Letter/Epistle of Jeremiah](https://apocrypha.org/web/epistle_of_jeremiah/6.htm) at the end)
- [Susanna](https://apocrypha.org/web/susanna/1.htm)
- [Bel and the Dragon](https://apocrypha.org/web/bel_and_the_dragon/1.htm)

Further, the Orthodox church has a few other additional canon:

- 3rd and 4th Maccabees
- [Esdras](https://apocrypha.org/brenton/1_esdras/1.htm) ([twice](https://apocrypha.org/brenton/2_esdras/1.htm))
- [Prayer of Manasseh](https://apocrypha.org/brenton/prayer_of_manasseh/1.htm)
- [Psalm 151](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20151+1&version=RSV)
- [The Book of Odes](https://rejectedscriptures.weebly.com/book-of-odes.html)

## Other biblical candidates

The Orthodox Tewahedo (a subgroup of the Oriental Orthodox) also have a few *more* books:

- Enoch
- Jubilees
- Meqabyan (thrice)
- Paralipomena of Baruch
- A broader New Testament canon:
  - 4 Sinodos
  - 2 Books of Covenant
  - 4 Epistles of Clement
  - Didaskalia