A compleat history of the canon and writers, of the books of the Old and New Testament, by way of dissertation, with useful remarks on that subject ... by L.E. Du Pin ... ; done into English from the French original.

A TABLE OF THE Canonical and Apocryphal BOOKS Which belong to the Old Testament.

Note, That the Pages referr'd to in this and the three following Tables belong to Vol I.

Canonical Books, unanimously receiv'd by Jews and Christians.

• The Five Books of Moses. p. 61
• The Book of Joshua. p. 78
• The Book of Judges. p. 82
• The Book of Samuel, that is, the first and second Books of Kings. p. 84
• The third and fourth Books of Kings. Ib.
• Isaiah. p. 115
• Jeremiah. p. 116
• Ezekiel. p. 117
• The twelve Minor Prophets. p. 119
• The Book of Job. p. 98
• The Hundred and Fifty Psalms. p. 102
• The Proverbs. of Solomon. p. 108 109, 111.
• The Ecclesiastes. of Solomon. p. 108 109, 111.
• The Canticles. of Solomon. p. 108 109, 111.
• Daniel. p. 117
• The Chronicles. p. 84
• Esdras divided into two Books. p. 87

These Books thus divided make two and twenty in all. See farther the whole third Chapter of the first Volume.

Books receiv'd as Canonical by some Jews, and rejected by others.

• Esther. p. 93
• Ruth. p. 84

Books excluded the Jewish Canon, and reckon'd as Apocryphal by some of the Ancient Christians, but al∣low'd as Canonical of late by the Church of Rome.

• Baruch. p. 117

• Tobit. p. 89
• Judith. p. 90
• The Book of Wisdom. p. 113
• Ecclesiasticus. p. 114
• The two Books of the Maccabees. p. 121
• The Song of the three Children in the fiery Furnace. in Daniel. p. 118
• The Hist. of Susanna. in Daniel. p. 118
• The History of Bel and the Dragon. in Daniel. p. 118

See likewise, Chap. 1. Sect. 4. and following, p. 71. &c.

Books lost, cited in the Old Testa∣ment.

• The Book of the Wars of the Lord, Numb. 21. v. 4.
• The Book of the Covenant, cited Exod. 24. v. 7.
• The Book of Jasher, or the Upright, cited Josh. 10. v. 13. 2 Sam. 1. v. 18.
• The Books of Nathan, Gad, Shemaiah, Iddo, Ahijah and Jehu, cited in the Chronicles.
• The Chronicles of the Acts of the Kings of Judah and Israel, cited in the Books of Kings.
• The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel, cited in the Chronicles.
• A Book of Samuel, cited, Chron. 29. v. 29.
• The Acts of Ʋzziah, mention'd 2 Chron. 26. v. 22.
• Three thousand Proverbs of Solomon, mention'd 1 Kings 4. v. 32.
• A thousand and five Songs, mention'd ibid.
• Several other Volumes of the same Au∣thor, mention'd, ibid.
• The Prophesie of Jeremiah, torn in pie∣ces by Jehoiakim, Jerem. 36.
• Another Prophesie of his upon the City of Babylon, mention'd, Jer. 51.
• Memoirs or Descriptions of the same Author, mention'd, 1 Maccabees, Chap. 2.
• The Prophesie of Jonah, mention'd in the Book of Jonah.
• The Memoirs of Hircanus, mention'd, 1 Macc. Chap. Ult.
• The Books of Jason, mention'd, 2 Macc. Ch. 2.

See farther, Chap. 1. Sect. VIII. Vol. I. p. 21.

Books that are excluded the Canon, tho' not apparently bad.

• The Prayer of Manasseh, inserted in the Apocrypha.
• The third and fourth Book of Esdras, ibid.
• The third and fourth Book of Macca∣bees, in the Septuagint Bibles.
• The Genealogy of Job, and his Wife's Speech, at the end of the Greek Text of the Book of Job.
• The 151st. Psalm, at the end of the Greek Psalms.
• A Discourse of King Solomon, at the end of the Book of Wisdom.
• A Preface before the Lamentations of Jeremiah, in the Vulgar Latin, and Greek Text.

Other Apocryphal Books of the same Nature which are lost.

• The Book of Enoch. p. 26
• The Book of the Assumption of Moses.
• The Assumption, Apocalypse or Se∣crets of Elias.
• The Secrets of Jeremiah. See farther. p. 27

Books forg'd by the Jews or by He∣reticks, full of Fables and Errors which are lost.

• The Generations, or the Creation of Adam. p. 27
• The Revelation of Adam. p. 28
• Of the Genealogy, or of the Sons and Daughters of Adam. p. 28
• Cham's Book of Magick. p. 27
• A Treatise intituled Seth. p. 28
• The Assumption of Abraham. p. 27
• Jetsira, or concerning the Creation, ascrib'd to Abraham. ibid.
• The Books of the twelve Patriarchs. ibid.
• The Discourses of Jacob and Joseph. p. 28
• A Prophesie of Habakkuk. p. 28
• A Collection of the Prophesies of Eze∣kiel. p. 28
• The Prophesie of Eldad and Medad. p. 28
• The Treatise of Jannes and Jambres. p. 28
• The Book of King Og. p. 28
• Jacob's-Ladder, and several other Tracts. p. 28