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The seven "extra" books of the Catholic Bible are called Deuterocanonical books or "Apocrypha" by Protestants. Protestants do not consider these books to be part of the Canon or standard writings of Scripture.
These books include:
- Tobit
- Judith
- Wisdom
- Sirach
- Baruch
- 1 Maccabees
- 2 Maccabees
These books are added as a separate section between the Old and New Testaments or as an appendix after the New Testament in Catholic or Eastern Orthodox bibles. Two of these books (Tobit and Sirach) were found among the Dead Sea scrolls, which represent the oldest known copy of biblical works. The book of Enoch is considered religious writing but not part of the biblical canon. This also was found in the Dead Sea scrolls so it still doesn't answer the debate about whether the 7 books are part of canon or not.
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Why do protestants only recognzie thirty nine old testament books as inspired?
1. They only accepted the ones written in Hebrew, seven of them were written in Greek.
What are the missing books in the protestant Bible?
The Protestants do not think any books are missing from their Bible.
How many books are in the old testament of the protestan bible?
Protestants use a Bible with 39 books in the Old Testament.
What is the name of the Bible that is not mentioned in the protestants Bible?
The Protestants and Catholics have mostly the same Bible. Most of the books in it are the same except for the Apocrypha. These are about 6-7 books which Catholics have in their Bible. This is the main difference between the two Bibles.
Do Catholics and Protestants use the New Jerusalem Bible?
AnswerThe New Jerusalem Bible was written for Catholics and contains the Catholic deuterocanonical books and sections. There is no reason Protestants should not use this Bible, but they are unlikely to do so.
