Church of Elohim

Canon List

Below is a tentative list of texts that I consider Scripture. There are currently some additional texts being considered for the canon, but they will not be added here until they’re determined to be divinely inspired.

If you’re familiar with the Bible, you will notice that Song of Solomon is missing from this list. That’s because Song of Solomon is a very sinful text about romantic “love.” It violates Jesus’s teachings, and it doesn’t mention any of the gods a single time. It has no place whatsoever in Scripture.

As for the books of Esther and Daniel, I consider the full versions, found in the Catholic Bible, to be Scripture. We should read the full versions of the texts whenever possible, and not the redacted Protestant versions.

Another very important thing I should mention is the Dead Sea Scrolls. There are passages in the Old Testament that differ greatly between the Masoretic Text and the Scrolls. The first that comes to mind is Deuteronomy 32:8-9. The Scrolls are a lot older than the Masoretic, and as a result, they are closer to the original message. So, I believe that the changes made by the Masoretic are apostate, and we should always read a Bible translation that uses the older Dead Sea Scrolls where possible.

Old Testament

Torah

  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy

Historical OT Books

  • Joshua
  • Judges
  • Ruth
  • First Samuel
  • Second Samuel
  • First Kings
  • Second Kings
  • First Chronicles
  • Second Chronicles
  • Ezra
  • Nehemiah
  • Tobit
  • Judith
  • Esther
  • First Maccabees
  • Second Maccabees

Wisdom Literature

  • Job
  • Psalms
  • Proverbs
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Wisdom
  • Sirach

Major Prophets

  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Lamentations
  • Baruch
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel

Minor Prophets

  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi

Canaanite Texts

  • Baal Cycle (KTU 1.1 to 1.6)
  • Hymn to Anat (KTU 1.13)
  • Story of King Kirta (KTU 1.14 to 1.16)
  • Story of Aqhat (KTU 1.17 to 1.19)
  • Rapauma Texts (KTU 1.20 to 1.22)
  • The Birth of the Gracious Gods (KTU 1.23)
  • The Wedding of Yarikh and Nikkal (KTU 1.24)
  • Astarte the Huntress (KTU 1.92)
  • Horon and the Mother-of-Horses (KTU 1.100)
  • Shapshu and the Snake Charmer (KTU 1.107)
  • El’s Drinking-Banquet (KTU 1.114)
  • El-Kunirsa (CTH 342.1)

New Testament

Gospels

  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John
  • Gospel of Thomas
  • Gospel of Mary

Pauline Epistles

  • Romans
  • First Corinthians
  • Second Corinthians
  • Third Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Ephesians
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • First Thessalonians
  • Second Thessalonians
  • First Timothy
  • Second Timothy
  • Titus
  • Philemon
  • Laodiceans

General Epistles

  • Hebrews
  • James
  • First Peter
  • Second Peter
  • First John
  • Second John
  • Third John
  • Jude

Uncategorized NT Texts

  • Acts
  • Infancy Gospel of James
  • Infancy Gospel of Thomas
  • Book of Thomas the Contender
  • Letter of Peter to Philip
  • Thunder, Perfect Mind
  • Revelation