Books of the Bible

THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

The Old Testament (the Jewish Bible)
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

The first five books of the bible are variously referred as The Law, The Pentatuch (meaning the “five books” or “five scrolls”), The Septuagint, (which means “70”), and, to Jews in particular, the Torah (which can mean “instruction” or “law”). These are thought to be written around 1600-1450 B.C. The Septuagint refers to the translation of the original Hebrew into Greek by 70 scholars in the 3rd century B.C.

Joshua Esther Hosea
Judges Job Joel
Ruth Psalms Amos
l Samuel Proverbs Obadiah
2 Samuel Ecclesiastes Jonah
1 Kings Song of Solomon Micah
2 Kings Isaiah Nahum
l Chronicles Jeremiah Habakkuk
2 Chronicles Lamentations Zephaniah
Ezra Ezekiel Haggai
Nehemiah Daniel Zechariah
Malachi














The Apocrypha (= to be hidden)
Not seen as divinely inspired. Written 300-100 B.C., mostly in Greek

The First Book of Esdras
The Second Book of Esdras
Tobit (angels, brides, husbands)
Judith (nationalism, patriotic)
The Additions to the Book of Esther
The Wisdom of Solomon (Hellenistic philosophy)
Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach (Anti-hellenistic)
Baruch
The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men
Susanna (erotic)
Bel and the Dragon (Daniel)
The Prayer of Manasseh
The First Book of the Maccabees
The Second Book of the Maccabees
The Third Book of the Maccabees
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees (Greek philosophy and Stoicism)
The Letter of Jeremiah
Psalm 151
Sybalin Oracles

The New Testament
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

Above are the four gospels. The first three are referred to as the “synoptic” gospels. "Synoptic" means "seeing together", and refers to the three accounts by Matthew, Mark and Luke of the same events.

The Acts (history by Luke)

Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
The above 13 gospels are the works of the apostle Paul.

Hebrews (probably not by Paul)

James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation

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