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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Choosing the order in which to read the books of the bible, based on reference counting in the Summa Theologica

For people trying to decide the order in which to read the books of the Bible, one ordering is suggested by the number of biblical references in St. Thomas Aquinas's 3020-page Summa Theologica. It seems like a reasonable order in which to approach the Bible:

NT: Matthew – 809 references
NT: Romans – 679 references
OT: Psalms – 612 references
NT: John – 600 references
NT: 1 Corinthians – 595 references
NT: Luke – 416 references
NT: Hebrews – 301 references
OT: Isaiah – 293 references
OT: Genesis – 290 references
OT: Deuteronomy – 265 references
OT: Ecclesiasticus – 243 references
OT: Proverbs – 238 references
OT: Exodus – 225 references
NT: Ephesians – 208 references
OT: Wisdom – 192 references
NT: 2 Corinthians – 183 references
NT: Galatians – 171 references
OT: Job – 165 references
NT: Acts – 149 references
NT: 1 Timothy – 136 references
OT: Leviticus – 123 references
NT: Revelation – 107 references
OT: Jeremiah – 102 references
NT: James – 102 references
NT: Mark – 98 references
NT: 1 John – 98 references
NT: Philippians – 87 references
NT: Colossians – 85 references
OT: Ecclesiastes – 80 references
OT: Ezekiel – 79 references
OT: Numbers – 76 references
OT: Daniel – 66 references
NT: 1 Peter – 48 references
NT: 2 Timothy – 45 references
OT: Hosea – 36 references
OT: 1 Samuel – 36 references
NT: 2 Peter – 33 references
OT: 1 Kings – 32 references
NT: Titus – 31 references
NT: 1 Thessalonians – 31 references
OT: 2 Kings – 28 references
OT: Zechariah – 20 references
OT: Malachi – 20 references
NT: 2 Thessalonians – 20 references
OT: 2 Maccabees – 19 references
OT: Song of Songs – 18 references
OT: 2 Samuel – 17 references
OT: Tobit – 16 references
OT: Amos – 14 references
OT: 2 Chronicles – 14 references
OT: Judges – 13 references
OT: Micah – 12 references
OT: Lamentations – 12 references
OT: Joel – 12 references
OT: Joshua – 9 references
OT: Jonah – 9 references
OT: 1 Maccabees – 7 references
OT: Nahum – 6 references
OT: Judith – 6 references
OT: Esther – 4 references
OT: Baruch – 4 references
NT: Jude – 3 references
OT: Ruth – 2 references
OT: Habakkuk – 2 references
OT: Ezra – 2 references
NT: 2 John – 2 references
OT: 1 Chronicles – 2 references
NT: Philemon – 1 reference
OT: Haggai – 0 references
OT: Nehemiah – 0 references
NT: 3 John – 0 references
OT: Obadiah – 0 references
OT: Zephaniah – 0 references

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