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Ethiopian Canon Comparison Table
The Ethiopian Canon — A Comparison
How the Ethiopian canon compares with the others
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church receives a canon wider than that of any other tradition. The table below compares, in broad outline, the reckoning of the chief traditions, to show where the Ethiopian canon stands apart.
Book / Group
Jewish
Protestant
Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Ethiopian
Hebrew canon (Law, Prophets, Writings)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Deuterocanon (Tobit, Judith, Sirach, etc.)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
1–2 Maccabees
No
No
Yes
Yes
(own Meqabyan)
1 Enoch
No
No
No
No
Yes
Jubilees
No
No
No
No
Yes
1–3 Meqabyan
No
No
No
No
Yes
New Testament (27 books)
—
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Broader NT canon (Sinodos, etc.)
—
No
No
No
Yes
The reckoning varies in detail among scholars and among the traditions themselves; this table gives the general picture. The distinctive mark of the Ethiopian canon is its inclusion of Enoch, Jubilees, and the Meqabyan, and its broader New Testament of church-order books.