Bible 101

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”.

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