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Study to
show thy self approved - Bible Course
Bible Course Introduction
Books of the Bible
1. Introduction
At this site the word 'Bible' means the Christian Scriptures.
The Bible is made up of a collection of 66 books which are divided into 2 parts:
the Old Testament (39 books) and the New Testament (27 books). The
old testament was written before Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem and
the new testament was written after he rose from the grave and went to heaven.
The message of the entire Bible is inspired by the Spirit of Yahweh, the
Almighty God of Israel. The physical writing of the Bible was done by some
40 people during a period covering over 15 centuries. Many books in the Bible
bear the names of prophets and apostles, e.g. Ezra, Nehemiah, Zechariah, or
Matthew, John, James. Some books bear the name of the subject they are about or
even the person or church group to whom they were initially addressed, e.g.
Timothy, Titus, Corinthians, Hebrews etc. The name of an individual book,
however, is not that important. What is important is the real author, Yahweh
and His message. Remember these two facts when reading the Bible texts
quoted at this site.
2. Bible Versions
The Authorised Version (A.V.) of the Bible, also known as the King
James Version (KJV), was first published in 1611. The A.V. reigned supreme
till 1885 when the Revised Version was published. Since 1885 there have been
100+ modern versions published in the English language alone: over 70 of these
in the past 30 years! Modern versions of the Bible are very different from the
Authorised Version and even from each other. What's more they are dangerously
corrupt! .
3. Abbreviations / Book List
A Bible text's address may often, but not always, be abbreviated: e.g.
Exodus chapter 20 verses 8-11 could be written as Exo.20:8-11 or
Ex.20:8-11. Matthew chapter 24 verse 6 could be written as Matt.24:6 or
even Mt.24:6. The book of Mark could be abbreviated to Mk and the book of
John to Jn. If you do not know the books of the Bible then the following
list should be useful.
OLD TESTAMENT
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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
Songs of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos |
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi |
NEW TESTAMENT
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Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians |
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James |
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation |
No book is more worthy of study than the Authorised Version of the Holy
Bible. It is, without a doubt, the real WORD OF GOD! and is infinitely
superior to every other book in the world: simply because it's author is the
Creator of the mighty universe, Yahweh the Holy One of Israel.
"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the
words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written therein:
for the time is at hand."
(Revelation 1:3)
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will save)
would
affirm today; it's the same truth He
attested to as he walked this earth
some 2000 years ago - an exclusive way to the Father
(John 14:6) and that man,
as a sinful creature, is in need of a
Saviour.(John
3:16-21).
