Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon
The Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is a version of the Christian Bible used in the two Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Ethiopian and Eritrean traditions: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. At 81 books, it is the largest and most diverse biblical canon in traditional Christendom. 

Western scholars have classified the books of the canon into two categories — the narrower canon, which consists mostly of books familiar to the West, and the broader canon, which includes nine additional books. 

It is not known to exist at this time as one published compilation. Some books, though considered canonical, are nonetheless difficult to locate and are not even widely available in the churches' home countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Narrower canon

Old Testament

The Orthodox Tewahedo narrower Old Testament canon contains the entire established Hebrew protocanon. Moreover, with the exception of the first two books of Maccabees, the Orthodox Tewahedo canon also contains the entire Catholic deuterocanon. In addition to this, the Orthodox Tewahedo Old Testament includes the Prayer of Manasseh, 3 Ezra, and 4 Ezra, which also appear in the canons of other Christian traditions. Unique to the Orthodox Tewahedo canon are the Paralipomena of Jeremiah (4 Baruch), Jubilees, Enoch, and the three books of Meqabyan.

The books of Lamentations, Jeremiah, and Baruch, as well as the Letter of Jeremiah and 4 Baruch, are all considered canonical by the Orthodox Tewahedo churches. Additionally, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Books of Ethiopian Maccabees are also part of the canon; while they share a common name they are completely different from the books of Maccabees that are known or have been canonized in other traditions. Finally, within the Orthodox Tewahedo tradition, 3 Ezra is called Second Ezra, 4 Ezra is called Ezra Sutu'el, and the Prayer of Manasseh is incorporated into the Second Book of Chronicles.

New Testament
The Orthodox Tewahedo narrower New Testament canon consists of the entire 27 book Christian protocanon, which is almost universally accepted across Christendom.

Broader canon

The broader canon adds to the 81 books of the Tewahedo bible the following:

Josippon (1 book)
Sinodos (4 books)
Book of Covenant (2 books)
Ethiopic Clement (1 book)
Didascalia (1 book)

The Ethiopic Didascalia, or Didesqelya, is a book of Church order in 43 chapters, distinct from the Didascalia Apostolorum, but similar to books I–VII of the Apostolic Constitutions, where it most likely originates. Ethiopic Clement should not be confused with 1 Clement or 2 Clement.

The broader canon seems to have been created by Ethiopian scholars commenting on the Fetha Negest law code, which says that the canon contains 81 books, but only lists 73. The additional eight books were those presumed to be missing from the list.

List of books in the Orthodox Tewahedo Bible

In the Old Testament
List of Old Testament books in the Orthodox Tewahedo Bible:

 Genesis
 Exodus
 Leviticus
 Numbers
 Deuteronomy
 Joshua
 Judges
 Ruth
 1 and 2 Samuel
 1 and 2 Kings
 I Chronicles
 II Chronicles (incl. the Prayer of Manasseh)
 Jubilees
 Enoch
 1 Ezra
 2 Ezra (3 Ezra)
 Ezra Sutuel (4 Ezra)
 Tobit
 Judith
 Esther
 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan (similarly named, but not the same as the four Greek Books of the Maccabees)
 Job
 Psalms
 Messale (Proverbs ch 1–24)
 Tagsas (Proverbs ch 25–31)
 Wisdom of Solomon
 Ecclesiastes
 Song of Songs
 Sirach
 Isaiah
 Jeremiah (incl. Baruch, Lamentations, Letter of Jeremiah, and 4 Baruch)
 Ezekiel
 Daniel
 Hosea
 Amos
 Micah
 Joel
 Obadiah
 Jonah
 Nahum
 Habakkuk
 Zephaniah
 Haggai
 Zechariah
 Malachi
 Josippon

In the New Testament
List of New Testament books in the Orthodox Tewahedo Bible, including the broader canon:

 Matthew
 Mark
 Luke
 John
 Acts
 Romans
 1 Corinthians
 2 Corinthians
 Galatians
 Ephesians
 Philippians
 Colossians
 1 Thessalonians
 2 Thessalonians
 1 Timothy
 2 Timothy
 Titus
 Philemon
 Hebrews
 1 Peter
 2 Peter
 1 John
 2 John
 3 John
 James
 Jude
 Revelation
 Sinodos
 Ser'ata Seyon (30 canons)
 Te'ezaz (71 canons)
 Gessew (56 canons)
 Abtelis (81 canons)
 1 Covenant
 2 Covenant
 Ethiopic Clement
 Didascalia

See also

 Fetha Negest, a legal code used by Ethiopian Christians
 Book of the Cock, a work sometimes used by Ethiopian Christians

Footnotes

Further reading
 Assefa, Daniel. "The Biblical Canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawāhǝdo Church (EOTC)." The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity (2022): 211 ff
 Covenant Christian Coalition. 2022.The Complete 54-Book Apocrypha: 2022 Edition With the Deuterocanon, 1-3 Enoch, Giants, Jasher, Jubilees, Pseudepigrapha, & the Apostolic Fathers. Covenant Press. 
 
 
 
 
  
  

 Contantinus Siamakis, Biblical Canon of the Orthodox Christian Church, Studies 1, 2008

External links
  Biblia Aethiopica—August Dillmann et al online edition of the Ethiopic Bible
  What's in Your Bible?—a chart comparing Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic, Syriac, Ethiopic, and Protestant canons (Bible Study Magazine Nov–Dec 08.)

Development of the Christian biblical canon
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Texts in Ge'ez