Bibliography of the Bible

The Bible contains or makes references to extrabiblical works. Some were canonized directly into Scripture, but most are lost to time.

Quoting does not imply the source is divinely inspired. As Jerome said, "there is no one who is so much a murderer, so much a parricide, so much a poisoner, that he does not do something good once in a while. Well then, if I see and approve of the one good thing in such men, am I immediately burdened by the necessity to approve the other evils things that they do?"

(St. Jerome's Commentaries on Galatians, Titus, and Philemon, translated by Thomas P. Scheck, 2010. Page 307)

For intrabiblical references, see Old Testament quotations in the New Testament.

• The book of the generations of Adam (Genesis 5:1)
• The memorial book by Moses against Amalek (Exodus 17:14)
• The Book of the Covenant (Exodus 24:7)
• The Book of the Wars of the Lord (Numbers 21:14)
• The Book of the Law in the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God (Deuteronomy 31:24-29)
• The Book of Jashar, Book of Jasher (Joshua 10:13) - an account of the sun standing still
• The Book of the Law of God, added to by Joshua (Joshua 24:26)
• Samuel's book on the rights and duties of the kingship (1 Samuel 10:25)
• The Book of Jashar, Book of Jasher (2 Samuel 18) - a lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, the Lament of the Bow
• The Book of the Acts of Solomon (1 Kings 11:41)
• The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah (1 Kings 14; 2 Kings 8:23)
• The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel (2 Kings 1:18)
• The Chronicles of Samuel the seer (1 Chronicles 29:29)
• The Chronicles of Nathan the prophet (1 Chronicles 29:29)
• The Chronicles of Gad the seer (1 Chronicles 29:29)
• The History of Nathan the prophet (2 Chronicles 9:29)
• The prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite (2 Chronicles 9:29)
• The visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat (2 Chronicles 9:29)
• The chronicles of Shemaiah the prophet (2 Chronicles 12:15)
• The chronicles of Iddo the seer (2 Chronicles 12:15)
• The story of the prophet Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22)
• The Books of the Kings of Judah and Israel (2 Chronicles 16:11; 25:26; 27:7; 28:26; 35:27; 36:8)
• The chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel (2 Chronicles 20:34)
• A letter from Elijah the prophet (2 Chronicles 21:12)
• The Story of the Book of the Kings (2 Chronicles 24:27)
• Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz wrote the rest of the acts of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:22)
• The vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel (2 Chronicles 32:32)
• The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel (2 Chronicles 33:18)
• The Chronicles of the Seers (2 Chronicles 33:19)
• The book of the chronicles (Esther 2:23)
• Jeremiah's letter from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the Babylonian exiles (Jeremiah 29)
• A book the LORD told Jeremiah to write (Jeremiah 30:2)
• The scroll containing all the words the LORD spoke to him against Israel and Judah from the days of Josiah to today that was dictated to Baruch, read by Baruch to Gemariah's chamber then all the officials then to the king by Jehudi as the king threw each section in the fire (Jeremiah 36)
• The book Jeremiah wrote that was read by Seraiah at Babylon, tied to a stone, and cast into the midst of the Euphrates (Jeremiah 51:59-64)
• Book in Ezekiel 43:11
• Habakkuk's vision on tablets (Habakkuk 2:2)
• Daniel's dream (Daniel 7:1)
• "The Phainomena" or "Heavenly Displays" by Aratus (Acts 17:28) - no citation, merely "even some of your own poets"
• A comedy by Menander (1 Corinthians 15:33) - an isolated quote. Jerome alludes to the source. This particular play seems lost to time. (St. Jerome's Commentaries on Galatians, Titus, and Philemon, translated by Thomas P. Scheck, 2010. Page 305, 307) First page Google results says it is Thais, but I can find no evidence for that.
• A line credited to Epimenides of Knossos, from the Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (Titus 1:12) - no citation, merely "One of the Cretans." It was not uncommon for Cretans to be called liars in literature of the day, though. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides_paradox)
• The Assumption of Moses(?) (Jude 1:9) - no citation. The book is lost to time, but Origen claims this scene was in it.
• 1 Enoch 1:9 (Jude 1:14)

(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. The Canon of the Old Testament by R. T. Beckwith. Pages 52-54, 63.)