Development of the New Testament canon 1290 to include in the Armenian canon several apocryphal books: Advice of the Mother of God to the Apostles, the Books of Criapos, and the ever-popular Epistle of Barnabas. The Armenian Apostolic church at times has included the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs in its Old Testament and the Third Epistle to the Corinthians, but does not always list it with the other 27 canonical New Testament books. The New Testament of the Coptic Bible, adopted by the Egyptian Church, includes the two Epistles of Clement. The canon of the Tewahedo Churches is somewhat looser than for other traditional Christian
The Books of the Bible a master Bible typesetter and author and editor of Bible reference works; Dr. Eugene Rubingh, retired vice president for translation at the International Bible Society; and the Rev. Dr. Christopher R. Smith, a pastor, author, and scholar of biblical literature. Bibles and Scripture portions published by the International Bible Society and Biblica in this format include:<br> Today's New International Version<br> "The Search" (Ecclesiastes) 2005<br> "The Journey" (Gospel of John) 2005<br> "The Book of Psalms" 2006<br> "Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go" (Luke-Acts) 2006<br> "Amos: Hear This Word" 2007<br> "The Books of The Bible" 2007<br> "The Books of The Bible New Testament" 2009,