Protocanonical books Protocanonical books The protocanonical books are those books of the Old Testament that are also included in the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) and that came to be considered canonical during the formational period of Christianity. The term "protocanonical" is often used to contrast these books to the deuterocanonical books or apocrypha, which "were sometimes doubted" by some in the early church, and are considered non-canonical by most Protestants. There are typically 39 protocanonical books in most Christian bibles, which correspond to the 24 books in the Jewish Tanakh. The list of protocanonical books is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua,
The Book of Genesis (comics) girl', which evokes the woman’s subservient status." Chester Brown wrote "Robert Crumb is probably the world's greatest living cartoonist, and his "The Book of Genesis" (2009) might be his masterpiece. It's certainly the best comics adaptation of biblical material that I know of." Brown cited "The Book of Genesis" as an influence on his own biblical graphic novel, "Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus". In 2013 the 'The Book of Genesis' was exhibited at the 55th International Venice Art Biennale. Each page of the graphic novel was individually exhibited in uniformed black frames. The audience was invited to follow