Deuterocanonical books
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Deuterocanonical books means "second canon" in Greek. It usually means the parts of the Bible that are only used by some Christian religions (mostly Roman Catholic and Orthodox). The books were not part of the Jewish Tanakh (also called the Hebrew Bible). Some books considered deuterocanonical by Catholics are:
- The Book of Tobit
- The Book of Judith
- The First Book of Maccabees, also called 1 Maccabees
- The Second Book of Maccabees, also called 2 Maccabees
- The Wisdom of Solomon, also called The Book of Wisdom
- The Book of Sirach, also called Ecclesiasticus
- The Book of Baruch, with the Letter of Jeremiah as its last chapter
The Book of Daniel and the Book of Esther are longer in Catholic Bibles than in Protestant Bibles because they have more stories.
Most Protestant Christian religions do not think that the deuterocanonical books were inspired by God. They call these books Apocrypha".
