Books of the Bible



The Old Testament

  1. Genesis
  2. Exodus
  3. Leviticus
  4. Numbers
  5. Deuteronomy
  6. Joshua
  7. Judges
  8. Ruth
  9. 1 Samuel
  10. 2 Samuel
  11. 1 Kings
  12. 2 Kings
  13. 1 Chronicles
  14. 2 Chronicles
  15. Ezra
  16. Nehemiah
  17. Esther
  18. Job
  19. Psalms
  20. Proverbs
  21. Ecclesiastes
  22. Song of Solomon
  23. Isaiah
  24. Jeremiah
  25. Lamentations
  26. Ezekiel
  27. Daniel
  28. Hosea
  29. Joel
  30. Amos
  31. Obadiah
  32. Jonah
  33. Micah
  34. Nahum
  35. Habakkuk
  36. Zephaniah
  37. Haggai
  38. Zechariah
  39. Malachi

The New Testament

  1. Matthew
  2. Mark
  3. Luke
  4. John
  5. Acts (of the Apostles)
  6. Romans
  7. 1 Corinthians
  8. 2 Corinthians
  9. Galatians
  10. Ephesians
  11. Philippians
  12. Colossians
  13. 1 Thessalonians
  14. 2 Thessalonians
  15. 1 Timothy
  16. 2 Timothy
  17. Titus
  18. Philemon
  19. Hebrews
  20. James
  21. 1 Peter
  22. 2 Peter
  23. 1 John
  24. 2 John
  25. 3 John
  26. Jude
  27. Revelation





I try to translate everything into mathematics, so here is a mathematician's way of remembering the number of books in the Bible:
You need only remember the number 3.
Then 3 squared equals 9, so there are 39 books in the old Testament.
Then take 3 x 9 = 27, the number of books in the New Testament.
Then 39 +27 = 66, the number of books in the Bible!

David Brackett sent in a better method for remembering the number of books in the Bible:
If you count the letters in the words "Old Testament" there are three letters in old and nine in testament.
Put them together and you get 39 for the number of books in the Old Testament.
Then, if you count the letters in the words "New Testament," there are three letters in new and nine in testament.
Multiply them together to get 27,the number of books in the New Testament.

Bernie Schaeffler sent in the following,
"My mother taught me to remember the minor prophets by saying hojoamobjominahazehazema."
It is the first two letters of each minor prophet:

Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

B. Van Duyne sent in the following:
My daughter , age 9 at the time, taught me to remember some of the Old Testament by saying a cute sentence ...
Joshua Judges Ruth in 1&2 Samuel , 1&2 Kings, 1&2 Chronicles. Ezra & Nehemiah were fighting over Esther.



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