The Books of Bible - Short Description
The word "Bible" is not a biblical word.
The men who wrote the books of the New Testament called these writings the Scriptures, the Holy Scriptures, the Sacred Writings, or they refer to them as the Law, the Prophets, or the Psalms.
We start to use word Bible about four hundred years after Christ.
It is a Greek plural noun, meaning the books, or the little books.
The early Christians spoke of them as "The Books," rather than as "The Book.
The first five books of our Bible is known as the Pentateuch.
The Jews call it Torah.
The Pentateuch consists of the first five books of the Old Testament.
Its Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Then there is a group of writings known as "The Prophets".
Its Joshua, the Judges, the two books of Samuel, the two books of the Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
The third group is known as Kethubim, or Writings.
It consisted of the Psalms, the Proverbs, Job, the Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Chronicles.
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books.
It is divided into five sections: The Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John History: Book of Acts The Pauline Epistles: Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus and Philemon.
The General Epistles: Hebrews, James, 1st and 2nd Peter, 1st and 2nd and 3rd John and Jude.
And the prophecy: Revelation.
Early Christians wrote at least twenty gospels that weren't included in the bible.
Gospels that were left out of the Bible are called non-canonical gospels or "apocryphal gospels".
The men who wrote the books of the New Testament called these writings the Scriptures, the Holy Scriptures, the Sacred Writings, or they refer to them as the Law, the Prophets, or the Psalms.
We start to use word Bible about four hundred years after Christ.
It is a Greek plural noun, meaning the books, or the little books.
The early Christians spoke of them as "The Books," rather than as "The Book.
The first five books of our Bible is known as the Pentateuch.
The Jews call it Torah.
The Pentateuch consists of the first five books of the Old Testament.
Its Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Then there is a group of writings known as "The Prophets".
Its Joshua, the Judges, the two books of Samuel, the two books of the Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
The third group is known as Kethubim, or Writings.
It consisted of the Psalms, the Proverbs, Job, the Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Chronicles.
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books.
It is divided into five sections: The Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John History: Book of Acts The Pauline Epistles: Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus and Philemon.
The General Epistles: Hebrews, James, 1st and 2nd Peter, 1st and 2nd and 3rd John and Jude.
And the prophecy: Revelation.
Early Christians wrote at least twenty gospels that weren't included in the bible.
Gospels that were left out of the Bible are called non-canonical gospels or "apocryphal gospels".
