What is Biblical canon?
[[Image:P46.jpg|thumb|A [[folio]] of [[P-46]], an early Christian collection of [[Pauline Epistles]]]] The [[Bible]] is a collection of texts. These texts are usually called ''books''. There are different versions of the Bible. These versions come from communities that include parts they find important and leave out other parts they think are less important. A '''Biblical canon''' is a set of books of the Bible that a certain movement considers [[Scripture]] (that is, inspired by [[God]]). == Books == These books are in almost all Christian Bibles. Some Bibles contain other books as well. ===Old Testament=== These books were written before the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. * [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] * [[Exodus]] * [[Leviticus]] * [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] * [[Deuteronomy]] * [[Book of Joshua|Joshua]] * [[Book of Judges|Judges]] * [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]] * [[Books of Samuel|1 & 2 Samuel]] * [[Books of Samuel|1 & 2 Kings]] * [[Books of Chronicles|1 & 2 Chronicles]] * [[Book of Ezra|Ezra]] * [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]] * [[Book of Esther|Esther]] * [[Book of Job|Job]] * [[Psalms]] * [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]] * [[Ecclesiastes]] * [[Song of Songs|Song of Solomon]], sometimes called ''Song of Songs'' * [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] * [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] * [[Book of Lamentations|Lamentations]] * [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]] * [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]] * [[Book of Hosea|Hosea]] * [[Book of Joel|Joel]] * [[Book of Amos|Amos]] * [[Book of Obadiah|Obadiah]] * [[Book of Jonah|Jonah]] * [[Book of Micah|Micah]] * [[Book of Nahum|Nahum]] * [[Book of Habakkuk|Habakkuk]] * [[Book of Zephaniah|Zephaniah]] * [[Book of Haggai|Haggai]] * [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] * [[Book of Malachi|Malachi]] ===New Testament=== These books were written after the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. * [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] * [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] * [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] * [[Gospel of John|John]] * [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] * [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] * [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]] * [[Second E