Bible Study Intro: Basic Composition of the Bible

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The Bible: The Canon of the Christian & Humanity

Canon: an authoritative list of books accepted as Holy Scripture (Merriam Webster)

The Bible, the canon of Christian is the only enough teaching of Life and Faith of Christians.

It is, therefore, the Canon of all humanity.

It is very important and required to learn, understand, and obey the teachings of the Bible for the best blessed life.

Here the Basic Structure (Composition) of the Bible:

LIST OF THE BIBLE BOOKS

Old Testament (Before the Christ)

The Books of Law: The beginning of the mankind and the chosen people. Also called Pentateuch or the Five

Books of Moses;

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy.

The Books of History: The history of Israelites;

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1, 2Samuel, 1, 2Kings, 1, 2Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, & Esther

The Books of Wisdom: Literatures in Golden Age of Israelites;

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, & Song of Songs

The Books of Prophets: Literatures in Dark Age of Israelites;

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, & Malachi

Judaic tradition calls the Old Testament Tanakh which came from the three words of Tora(the Law), Ne'evim(Prophets), and Ketuvim(Writings).

New Testament (After the Christ)

The Gospels: The Life and the Teachings of Jesus Christ;

Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John

The History: The Birth and the Expansion of the Church;

Acts

Letters(Epistles): Teachings on Christian Belief and Life

Pauline Epistles: Written by Paul

Romans, 1, 2Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1, 2Thessalonians, & Philemon

Pastoral Epistles: Written by Paul for Pastors/Elders

1, 2Timothy, & Titus.

General Epistles: General Teachings

Hebrews, James, 1, 2Peter, 1, 2, 3John, & Jude

The Revelation: Final Victory of Jesus and His Ruling;

Revelation

Following List of the Old and New Testaments is to help you to memorize the 66 names of the Bible Books.

List of the Old Testament

Gene-Ex Levi-Number Deuteronomy

Joshua Judges Ruth Samuel

Kings-Chron Ez-Nehe Esther

Job Psalm Pro-Ecc Song of Songs

I-Jere Lamen-Eze Dani-Hosea

Joel-Amo Oba-Jona Micah

Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah

Haggai Zechariah Malachi

Now I know the Word of God

Let me learn and live it out.

List of the New Testament

Matthew Mark-Luke John & Acts

Romans Corinthians Gala-Ephesians

Philippians Colossians Thessalonians

Timothy Titus Philemon

Hebrews James Peter too

John and Jude Revelation

Some sectors have more books in their canon-consideration such as Apocrypha (extra documents) or Pseudepigrapha (false documents) which are not accepted by protestant evangelical christian communities.

You may refer the following links and the chart attached for more information.

How to Live a Better Life

     https://cafe.daum.net/k331/PeqF/2

What the Bible Tells Us about Life

     https://cafe.daum.net/k331/PeqF/3

What Kind of a Book is the Bible?

     https://cafe.daum.net/k331/PeqF/4

How to Read and Understand the Bible     

     https://cafe.daum.net/k331/PeqF/5

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