Lesson 1: Where do the Scriptures we know as “The Bible” come from ?
A clear overview of the Bible, as we know it today, and its components: The Old Testament (OT) and The New Testament (NT).
The Books of the Bible
The Bible, as we know it today, is separated into two main sections:
The Old Testament (OT) and The New Testament (NT).
The OT has a total of 39 separate books. 17 of these books are historic in nature, five are poetic, and 17 are prophetic.
The historic books are as follows:
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- I Samuel
- II Samuel
- I Kings
- II Kings
- I Chronicles
- II Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Ester
The poetic books are:
- Job
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs
Lastly, the prophetic books are:
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
The NT has a total of 27 books; four are called “Gospels”, one is referred to as “Acts”, 21 are “Epistles”, and one is called a revelation. The actual breakdown is as follows:
The gospels are:
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
The epistles are:
- Romans
- I Corinthians
- II Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- I Thessalonians
- II Thessalonians
- I Timothy
- II Timothy
- Titus
- Philemon
- Hebrews
- James
- I Peter
- II Peter
- I John
- II John
- III John
- Jude
The acts are referred to as “Acts”, and the revelation is called “Revelations”.
