The Biblical Canon of
Codex Amiatinus
The Codex Amiatinus (also known as the Jarrow Codex) is considered the best-preserved manuscript of the Latin Vulgate and is considered the oldest complete Latin Bible to survive. It is considered the most reliable surviving representation of Jerome’s Vulgate text for the books of the New Testament, and most of the Old Testament. It was produced around 700 A.D. in the northeast of England, at the Benedictine Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey in the Kingdom of Northumbria and taken to Italy as a gift for Pope Gregory II in 716. The New Testament is preceded by the Epistula Hieronymi ad Damasum (The Epistle of Jerome to Pope Damasus I written in 376 A.D.). The Old Testament canon contained the Deuterocanonical books and the New Testament canon matches the modern canon.
Sources:
- Edmon L. Gallagher and John D. Meade. The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis. Oxford University Press. 2017
The Canon List of
Codex Amiatinus:
Source Used: Edmon L. Gallagher and John D. Meade. The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis. Oxford University Press. 2017
The New Testament Canon:
Codex Amiatinus N.T. Canon | Modern Catholic N.T. Canon | Modern Protestant N.T. Canon |
Matthew | Matthew | Matthew |
Mark | Mark | Mark |
Luke | Luke | Luke |
John | John | John |
Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Romans | Romans | Romans |
| 1 Corinthians | 1 Corinthians | 1 Corinthians |
| 2 Corinthians | 2 Corinthians | 2 Corinthians |
| Galatians | Galatians | Galatians |
| Ephesians | Ephesians | Ephesians |
Philippians | Philippians | Philippians |
Colossians | Colossians | Colossians |
| 1 Thessalonians | 1 Thessalonians | 1 Thessalonians |
| 2 Thessalonians | 2 Thessalonians | 2 Thessalonians |
| 1 Timothy | 1 Timothy | 1 Timothy |
| 2 Timothy | 2 Timothy | 2 Timothy |
| Titus | Titus | Titus |
| Philemon | Philemon | Philemon |
Hebrews | Hebrews | Hebrews |
| James | James | James |
| 1 Peter | 1 Peter | 1 Peter |
| 2 Peter | 2 Peter | 2 Peter |
| 1 John | 1 John | 1 John |
| 2 John | 2 John | 2 John |
| 3 John | 3 John | 3 John |
| Jude | Jude | Jude |
Revelation | Revelation | Revelation |
The Old Testament Canon:
Codex Amiatinus O.T. Canon | Modern Catholic O.T. Canon | Modern Protestant O.T. Canon |
Genesis | Genesis | Genesis |
Exodus | Exodus | Exodus |
Leviticus | Leviticus | Leviticus |
Numbers | Numbers | Numbers |
Deuteronomy | Deuteronomy | Deuteronomy |
Joshua | Joshua | Joshua |
Judges | Judges | Judges |
Ruth | Ruth | Ruth |
1 Kingdoms (Samuel) | 1 Samuel | 1 Samuel |
2 Kingdoms (Samuel) | 2 Samuel | 2 Samuel |
3 Kingdoms | 1 Kings | 1 Kings |
4 Kingdoms | 2 Kings | 2 Kings |
| 1 Paralipomenon | 1 Chronicles | 1 Chronicles |
| 2 Paralipomenon | 2 Chronicles | 2 Chronicles |
1 Esdras | 1 Esdras (1 Ezra) | Ezra (1 Ezra) |
2 Esdras | 2 Esdras (2 Ezra) | Nehemiah (2 Ezra) |
Esther | Esther | Esther |
Tobit | Tobit | |
Judith | Judith | |
1 Maccabees | 1 Maccabees | |
2 Maccabees | 2 Maccabees | |
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Job | Job | Job |
Psalms | Psalms | Psalms |
Proverbs | Proverbs | Proverbs |
Ecclesiastes | Ecclesiastes | Ecclesiastes |
Canticle of Canticles | Canticle of Canticles | Song of Songs |
Wisdom of Solomon | Book of Wisdom | |
Wisdom of Jesus Sirach | Ecclesiasticus / Sirach | |
Isaiah | Isaiah | Isaiah |
Jeremiah | Jeremiah | Jeremiah |
| Lamentatons | Lamentations | Lamentations |
| Baruch | Baruch | |
Ezechiel | Ezechiel | Ezekiel |
Daniel + Susanna + Bel & the Dragon | Daniel | Daniel |
Hosea | Hosea / Osee | Hosea |
Joel | Joel | Joel |
Amos | Amos | Amos |
Obadiah | Obadiah | Obadiah |
Jonah | Jonah | Jonah |
Micah | Micah | Micah |
Nahum | Nahum | Nahum |
Habakkuk | Habakkuk | Habakkuk |
Zephaniah | Zephaniah | Zephaniah |
Hagai | Hagai | Hagai |
Zecharias | Zecharias | Zechariah |
Malachias | Malachias | Malachi |