What about that Ethiopian Bible that has so many different Books in it?
Thoughts on this?
The canon of the Ethiopic Bible differs both in the Old and New Testament from that of any other churches.
As a whole, books written in the Geez language and on parchment are numerous. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has 46 books of the Old Testament and 35 books of the New Testament that will bring the total of canonized books of the Bible to 81. To the Ethiopic Church, the Word of God is both the written Bible and also Apostolic traditions that were written down. They have many hundreds of books in this Apostolic tradition.
These are the books in their Bible, which differs from most other Canonical Tradition: Old Testament divided into four sections. Those books include
A. The Holy Books of the Old Testament
Books of Law (the 5 Books of Moses):
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
Books of History
6. Joshua
7. Judges
8. Ruth
9. 1st and 2nd Samuel
10. 1st and 2nd Kings
11. 1st and 2nd Chronicles (2nd Chronicles includes the Prayer of Manasseh)
12. Ezra and Nehemi…