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books -- The Bible is actually a collection of books, some long, some short. This book of books is the world’s all-time best seller and the world’s most translated book.

The Bible’s two major sections are the Old Testament and the New Testament. (What’s so new about the New Testament?) (Answer also available in Hungarian, Spanish)

| The Old Testament has…
* 39 books

• 929 chapters
• 23,214 verses
• 593,493 words
• Longest book: Psalms
• Shortest book: Obadiah (3rd shortest book in the Bible)

| The New Testament has…
* 27 books

• 260 chapters
• 7,959 verses
• 181,253 words
• Longest book: Acts
• Shortest book in the Bible: 3 John (fewest number of words / 2 John has more words, but one fewer verses.)
• 5 history books (Acts and the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
• 21 letters (epistles)
• 1 book of prophecy (Revelation)

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The Bible’s books are arranged by TYPE, rather than chronologically.
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Books of Moses and the Law | 2.
History books (about God’s chosen people, Israel) | 3.
Wisdom books | 4.
Prophets' books (beginning with the most major five first) | 5.
Gospels (Jesus Life and the way of salvation) |

| Learn about each of the 66 books (description and background)… |

| OLD TESTAMENT:
* Genesis

• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 & 2 Samuel
• 1 & 2 Kings
• 1 & 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther
• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Solomon
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

| NEW TESTAMENT:
* Matthew

• Mark
• Luke
• John
• Acts
• Romans
• 1 Corinthians
• 2 Corinthians
• Galatians
• Ephesians
• Philippians
• Colossians
• 1 & 2 Thessalonians
• 1 Timothy
• 2 Timothy
• Titus
• Philemon
• Hebrews
• James
• 1 Peter
• 2 Peter
• 1 John
• 2 John
• 3 John
• Jude
• Revelation

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| Illustrated chronological summary of the Bible |

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Multimedia journey through the Bible |

Want to understand the Bible better? Start with God’s Story, a wonderful, multimedia summary of the Bible, chronologically from Creation to eternity.
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Use our free, on-line BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA to learn about virtually every word, person and place in the Bible. It’s huge and cross-referenced with the Bible and our answers! See such words as Bible, Canon, Scripture, Inspiration of Scripture, Word of God, Apocrypha, and King James Words Defined.

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We urge you to read the Bible for yourself. It’s an adventure. If you don’t have time to read the whole thing immediately, we suggest that you begin with Genesis (the book of beginnings) and then read the book of John. We offer two plans to help you get through reading the entire Bible: a One-Year program (arranged by book type) or a Three-Year program (arranged simply from Genesis to Revelation).

Our annotated, cross-referenced, red-letter Web Bible…

| New Testament:  Go to… GOSPELS (LIFE OF JESUS) …Matthew …Mark …Luke …John HISTORY OF EARLY CHURCH …Acts PAUL’S LETTERS …Romans …1 Corinthians …2 Corinthians …Galatians …Ephesians …Philippians …Colossians …1 Thessalonians …2 Thessalonians …1 Timothy …2 Timothy …Titus …Philemon LETTERS FROM OTHERS …Hebrews …James …1 Peter …2 Peter …1 John …2 John …3 John …Jude PROPHECY/APOCALYPSE …Revelation |

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You can easily teach others about the Bible in a way that they will love and remember! This is the media generation—use videos! The beautiful Discovering the Bible curriculum effectively explains what the Bible is, how we got it, and how to use it. The series was photographed around the world. It is very accurate and audiences love it. We use it ourselves. Conservative, Bible-believing. [ Available on-line ] | |

Another favorite is Faith Lessons - Perfect for Bible studies, these high quality, faith-strengthening videos take you to Israel where so many biblical events happened. They reveal excellent perspectives and background in helping people better understand important stories in the Bible and how to live the Christian life. There is nothing else like it. Excellent! Closed Captioned for the hearing impaired. [ Available on-line ]

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