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Books of the Bible

The Holy Bible consists of 66 books, divided into two testaments and written in three languages.

The Old Testament covers the time between Creation and the last prophet before Christ.  The New Testament follows the life of Jesus Christ, mostly as an adult, his resurrection, the early stages of the Church and the Revelation “apocalypse”.

The Old Testament (39 Books)

The Pentateuch (The Books of Moses) (5 Books)

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

The Historical Books (12 Books)

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

The Books of Wisdom (5 Books)

Job

Psalms (itself divided into five sub-books)

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Books of the Major Prophets (5 Books)

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Books of the Minor Prophets (12 Books)

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habukkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

The New Testament (27 Books)

They Holy Gospel (4 Books)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

The History of the Apostles (1 Book)

Acts

The Epistles of Paul (14 Books)

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

The General Epistles (7 Books)

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

The Apocalypse (1 Book)

Revelation

 

Further, there are additional books that are considered to be useful reads but not on the same level as the biblical books.  There are called the Apocrypha and are included in some bibles either between testaments or after the New Testament as additional content.

The Apocrypha (19 Books)

The Compositions (6 Books)

Judith

The Wisdom of Solomon

Tobit

Ecclesiasticus

Baruch

The Letter of Jeremiah

The Histories (2 Books)

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

The Additions (3 Books)

Old Greek Esther

Susanna

Bel and the Dragon

The Prayers and Songs (3 Books)

The Prayer of Azariah

The Song of the Three Holy Children

The Prayer of Manasseh

The Books Not Included By Luther (5 Books)

1 Esdras

2 Esdras

3 Maccabees

4 Maccabees

Psalm 151

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