DIVISIONS OF THE BIBLE FIRST THE OLD TESTAMENT

Division # 1:

The 5 books of the Law are; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Division # 2:

The 12 books of History of the people of God; Primarily the nation of ISRAEL.

Joshua, Judges and Ruth; under THEOCRACY, @ 1451 to 1050 BC = 401years.

Division # 3 The 6 Poetical books; Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and Song of Solomon. Covering a long undetermined period of time.

Division # 3:

The 16 books of Prophecy; Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Zrphaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malichi. 39 books total.

THE NEW TESTAMENT AND ITS DIVISIONS

Division # 1:

The 4 Books of the Gospel of Jesus Christ:

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The 1 book of the History of the Early Church; From @ 33 to 62 AD. @ 30 years.

Division # 2

The 13 Pauline Epistles; Romans, 1^st. Corinthians, 2^nd. Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1^st. Thessalonians, 2^nd. Thessalonians, 1^st. Timothy, 2^nd Timothy, Titus and Philemon. Covering @ 33 years ending in @ 66 AD.

Division # 3

The 7 General Epistles of James, 1^st. Peter, 2^nd. Peter, 1^st. John, 2^nd. John, 3^rd. John, Jude

and the 1 anonymous book of Hebrews. All but the books of John were written within the same time period of the Pauline Epistles ending @ 66 AD.

The Epistles of John and his book of Revelations were written somewhat later believed to be @ 90 AD; and written while John was a prisoner on the Island of Patmos.

Division # 4:

The 1 book of the Apocalipse;[the Greek word meaning; "uncovering" or the book of Revelation:

There are a total of 27 books in the New Testament and 66 the total of the entire Bible.