The Biblical Canon of
the Liber Generationis
The Canon of the Liber Generationis (The Book of Generations) was incorporated into the Liber Generationis sometime around 365 A.D. The Liber Generationis was a type of handbook for biblical study containing lists of the sons of Noah and where they lived, with information on the rivers of the Old Testament, and kings and judges reaching to the consulships of Valentinian and Valens in 365 AD. The list was discovered by classical scholar Theodor Mommsen and so it is sometimes called the Mommsen Catalogue. The Old Testament canon includes the Deuterocanonical books of 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, and Sirach. The New Testament canon does not mention Hebrews, James, or Jude.
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
the Liber Generationis
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:
Liber Generationalis’ 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 | |
| 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 | |
Revelation | Revelation | Revelation |
The Old Testament Canon:
Liber Generationis’ 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 Reigns (Samuel) | 1 Samuel | 1 Samuel |
2 Reigns (Samuel) | 2 Samuel | 2 Samuel |
3 Reigns (1 Kings) | 1 Kings | 1 Kings |
4 Reigns (2 Kings) | 2 Kings | 2 Kings |
| 1 Paralipomenon | 1 Chronicles | 1 Chronicles |
| 2 Paralipomenon | 2 Chronicles | 2 Chronicles |
1 Esdras (1 Ezra) | Ezra (1 Ezra) | |
| 2 Esdras (2 Ezra) | Nehemiah (2 Ezra) |
Esther | Esther | Esther |
Tobit | Tobit | |
Judith | Judith | |
1 Maccabees | 1 Maccabees | |
2 Maccabees | 2 Maccabees | |
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 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 |