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How many books are in the Orthodox OT?

I know the Canon uses by the RCC has 73 books, with the 7 "Deuterocanonicals" being: 1&2 Maccabees, Sirach, Wisdom, Tobit, Judith, and Baruch.

Doesn't the Orthodox OT also include 3 Maccabees and 1 Esdras? Are there any others?
 
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Is IV Maccabees a part of the canon? I thought only the first three were.

Anyway, the New Oxford Annotated Bible - RSV contains the whole canon (including IV Maccabees, which I'm not sure of).
 
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My Slavonic bible only has the first three Maccabees books, although I've heard of some Slavonic bibles having the fourth one. It also has 2 Esdras (which it labels 3 Esdras).

Orthodox bibles also have the Prayer of Manasses.
 
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