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The Peshitta Old Testament Canon is made (jan 1, 101 – jan 1, 200)

Description:

Books:
Pentateuch:
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
Historical:
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- 1 Esdras (In some manuscripts)
- 2 Esdras (In some manuscripts)
- Esther (6 more chapters than modern Esther)
- Tobit
- Judith
- 1 Maccabees
- 2 Maccabees
- 3 Maccabees (In some manuscripts)
- 4 Maccabees (In some manuscripts)
- 5 Maccabees (In some manuscripts)(This book is actually a Syriac translation of the 5th volume of The Wars of the Jews by Flavius Josephus)
- Joseph and Aseneth
Wisdom Literature:
- Job
- Psalms (4 more chapters than modern Psalms in some manuscripts)
- Psalms of Solomon (In some manuscripts)
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs (aka. Song of Solomon)
- Wisdom (aka. Wisdom of Solomon)
- Sirach (aka. Wisdom of Sirach)
Prophets:
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- 1 Baruch (Or just Baruch if it excluded 2 Baruch)
- 2 Baruch (Some manuscripts that contained 2 Baruch had 9 more chapters than other manuscripts of 2 Baruch. These extra chapters exist in some manuscript as a standalone book called Letter of Baruch)
- Letter of Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- Daniel (Compared to modern Daniel, it had 68 extra verses at the end of chapter 3 and 2 additional chapters at the end of the modern last chapter)
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi

Added to timeline:

Date:

jan 1, 101
jan 1, 200
~ 99 years