Below is a chart of all 66 books in the Bible pasted below and also in a Word document that can be downloaded below. I thought it would be nice for those of us that don’t know and especially nice for Christians as Christians are often criticized for not knowing information such as this. It does take a while to learn these things, so I would not be upset with a new Christian and it is more a matter of the heart than intellectual knowledge if you ask me. It is more important to understand the concepts of the Bible than name all 66 books although there is a place for that. The first 39 Old Testament books are written in Hebrew and the majority of the
27 New Testament books are written in classical Greek. The first 5 books are also known as the The Law, Pentateuch or Torah. OrientalTrading.com has some craft projects for learning the books of the Bible for Sunday school teachers and or family holiday parties and or anyone else interested, of course.  The books Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings are sometimes called Former Prophets and Isiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, The Twelve are called Latter Prophets. Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles are part of The Writings and called Historical Books. Psalms, Proverbs, and Job are called Poetical Books and are part of The Writings. Song of Songs, Ruth Lamentations, Esther, Ecclesiastes are called the Five Rolls (Megilloth) and part of The Writings. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the Gospels and Acts is The History (of the early church). The Pauline Epistles are Romans to Philemon and the General Epistles are James to Jude. Revelation is the Prophecy.

There are outside sources to support this cannon, but not included in it such as the edict of Diocletian (AD 303) that called for  killing of Christians and burning of Scriptures.  Of course, this caused Christians to defend and discover which documents were worth protecting and risking their lives for. The Mishnah noted a rabbi of the time that permitted divorcing ones wife over burning dinner and another rabbi that was against it. This enforces the issues addressed in the first five books and presents evidence consistent with the way women were treated thousands of years ago. Women were treated like property that could be disregarded over something simple like a burnt dinner. The Law asked a woman be given a certificate of divorce and the New Testament expanded on the idea. Jesus was and is known as being influential in the elevation of women rights. Sue Bohlin’s  (suebohlin.com) article “Christianity: The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Women” on probe.org expands on this. Jesus (a man) associated with women in a society where they were seen as not even worthy to testify in court. This was rare for the time. Paul called for men to love their wives.  Of course, this implied wives were to love their husbands also.

Books of the Bible Word Document: Books of the Bible