God And His Word - A Question And Answer Approach To Understanding The Bible

LESSON 2: THE BIBLE IS A DIVINE LIBRARY 1. WHAT ARE THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE?

The Bible is not simply one book, but rather a library or compilation of sixty-six books bound together. Every Christian should know the books of the Holy Bible so that he can easily find the Scripture he is desirous of reading. They are easily memorized if taken in groups as listed below. Since both the Old Testament and the New Testament have FIVE MAJOR sections each, an easy memory aid to help remember the sections is the use of the FIVE FINGERS on each hand.

OLD TESTAMENT

THE LAW [5] GENESIS EXODUS

MAJOR PROPHETS [5] ISAIAH JEREMIAH LAMENTATIONS EZEKIEL DANIEL MINOR PROPHETS [12] HOSEA JOEL AMOS OBADIAH

LEVITICUS NUMBERS

DEUTERONOMY HISTORY [12]

JOSHUA JUDGES RUTH

1 SAMUEL 2 SAMUEL

1 KINGS 2 KINGS

POETRY [5] JOB PSALMS PROVERBS ECCLESIASTES SONG OF SOLOMON

JONAH MICAH NAHUM

1 CHRONICLES 2 CHRONICLES EZRA NEHEMIAH ESTHER

HABAKKUK ZEPHANIAH HAGGAI ZECHARIAH MALACHI

NEW TESTAMENT

THE GOSPELS [4] MATTHEW MARK LUKE

GENERAL EPISTLES [7] JAMES 1 PETER

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