How Many Books are in the Bible

The Holy Bible is the record of all the events that took place in and outside Israel before Jesus and after him. Christianity is a religion that was founded only after Jesus Christ preached and after his death, his followers spread it across the world. Before this Judaism was one of the most dominated religion and many nations followed it. However, this substantial change of beliefs from Judaism to Christianity is recorded in the Holy Bible in the form of books, which were written by various authors over a long period.

Because of the different arrays of Christianity like Judaism and the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Protestants, Slavonic Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Georgian, Syriac and Ethiopian which existed over this period of time, there are also various versions of these books in the Bible. In the coming up paragraphs, you will read about how many books are in the Bible and which are they, so read on...

List of Books in the Bible

Before I start with the description of how many books are in the Bible, I would like to brief you with how these books are categorized. There are two sections in which the Bible is divided according to the teachings of God and according to the time lines of history. These are the "Old Testament", and the "New Testament", each of which includes a certain number of books in the Bible. There are totally 66 books of the Bible in order used today in both these sections. The Old Testament was written before the birth of Christ and the New Testament starts with his birth, by various authors, under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, these two sections cover a wide range of history and have information about what was the state of spirituality in these two time lines. However, it has been found, that there are some books which were written in the Bibles used by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians, but are not included in any of the above mentioned Testaments. According to the facts on the Bible, these are called the "The books of the Apocrypha" and are also compiled for your information in the paragraphs below. So, read on and find out how many books are in the Bible and in which order.

How Many Books are in the Old Testament
To begin with, how many books are in the Bible, we obviously have to start with the Old Testament books. These books are known as the "Hebrew Scriptures" and the number of these books are 39. Even though there are many variations in the number and the names of these books according to the different genres of Christianity, the books mentioned in the following list is that of the common ones used in the King James Version. So read on and find these interesting facts about the Bible.

Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel

1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs

Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos

Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

How Many Books are in the New Testament
The second section of the order of books in the Bible is the New Testament, which was written during the time of Jesus Christ's birth and continued after his death. There are 27 books in this section, that include Bible verses and their teachings differ slightly from the Old Testament's. Thus, if you want to know how many books are in the bible, in this section, take a look at the list of books, also written by many authors mentioned below.

Matthew Mark Luke John Acts 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 Revelation

Books of the Apocrypha
These Books as mentioned earlier are included in the Bible that is used by the Orthodox Christians and by Roman Catholics. Therefore, read on and find out which are these books mentioned below, which are included in some Bible fun facts.

1 Esdras 2 Esdras Baruch Bel and the Dragon Ecclesiasticus 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees 3 Maccabees 4 Maccabees

Greek Additions to Esther Judith Letter of Jeremiah The Prayer of Manasseh The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men Psalm 151 Susanna Tobit The Wisdom of Solomon

With these books mentioned above, I am sure you have found out how many books are in the Bible used today by all Christians. Well, if you are a Christian, how many have you read?