The Biblical Canon of
Jerome of Stridon

Saint Jerome of Stridon would record several different lists within his epistles (specifically Epistles 53 and 107), but the one treated here belongs to his Prologus Galeatus, which is dated to the early 390’s.  Jerome (ca. 347-420) was the greatest biblical scholar writing in Latin during Late Antiquity.  After his move to Bethlehem in 386, Jerome would be tasked by Pope Damasus I to translate the entire Hebrew Bible into Latin (ca. 391-405), along with revising the Latin text of the Gospels from the Koine Greek.  Jerome’s translation of the Bible would become known as the Latin Vulgate edition of the Bible.  Although Jerome is known for advocating for the Jewish canon of the Old Testament, he would nevertheless concede to the Church and include the Deuterocanon in his Latin Vulgate.  In the Prologus Galeatus, however, he would refer to them as apocrypha.  Included in this apocrypha, Jerome would add the early Christian work the Shepherd of Hermas.

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
Jerome of Stridon:

Source Used:  Edmon L. Gallagher and John D. Meade. The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity:  Texts and Analysis.  Oxford University Press. 2017

The Old Testament Canon:

Jerome’s O.T. Canon (Prologus Galeatus)

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-Ruth

Judges

Judges

Samuel (1 & 2)

Ruth

Ruth

Kings (1 & 2)

1 Samuel

1 Samuel

Isaiah

2 Samuel

2 Samuel

Jeremiah (+ Lamentations)

1 Kings

1 Kings

Ezechiel

2 Kings

2 Kings

The Twelve (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Hagai, Zachariah, Malachias)

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles

Job

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Psalms

1 Esdras (1 Ezra)

Ezra (1 Ezra)

Proverbs 

2 Esdras (2 Ezra)

Nehemiah (2 Ezra)

Ecclesiastes

Esther

Esther

Song of Songs

Tobit

 
Daniel

Judith

 
Chronicles (1 & 2)

1 Maccabees

 
Ezra (+ Nehemiah)

2 Maccabees

 
Esther  
Wisdom of Solomon (apocrypha)

Job

Job

Jesus son of Sirach (apocrypha)

Psalms

Psalms

Judith (apocrypha)

Proverbs

Proverbs

Tobit (apocrypha)

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes

Shepherd of Hermas (apocrypha)

Canticle of Canticles

Song of Songs

1 Maccabees (apocrypha)

Book of Wisdom

 
2 Maccabees (apocrypha)

Ecclesiasticus / Sirach

 
 

Isaiah

Isaiah

 

Jeremiah

Jeremiah

 

Lamentations

Lamentations

 

Baruch

 
 

Ezechiel

Ezekiel

 

Daniel

Daniel

 

Hosea / Osee

Hosea

 

Joel

Joel

 

Amos

Amos

 

Obadiah

Obadiah

 

Jonah

Jonah

 

Micah

Micah

 

Nahum

Nahum

 

Habakkuk

Habakkuk

 

Zephaniah

Zephaniah

 

Hagai

Hagai

 

Zecharias

Zechariah

 

Malachias

Malachi