While the new testament never quotes from or ascribes canonical authority. Just click any book s name, and get a highlevel idea of what its about. The books of the old testament are listed below, each of them linked to their chapter index. The first five historical books of the old testament are discussed in the blog books of moses the next 12 books detail the history of gods people, of ancient israels formation, rise to prominence, collapse into moral and physical defeat, and restoration. In fact, when peter, paul, and jesus talk about scripture in the new testament, theyre referring to the books of the old testamentmost of which had been considered sacred for a while. The bible that jesus was familiar with, what we now refer to as the old testament, did not end with malachi. Differences in canonical order further create distinct interpretations. In judaism, the collection of inspired books is known as tanakh. Christians call it the first or old covenant while the new testament is. Lists of books in various bibles tanakh hebrew bible law or pentateuch. The name refers to the new covenant or promise between god and humanity through the death and resurrection of jesus christ. Genesis creation, the fall, the flood, the spread of the nations, abraham, isaac, jacob, and joseph. List of major and minor prophets of the old testament.
They were rejected by many catholic scholars through the protestant reformation. Protestant bibles comprise 39 books of the old testament according to the jewish hebrew bible canon, known especially to nonprotestants as the protocanonical books and the 27 books of the new testament for a total of 66 books. In this short essay we will briefly cover the differences between the catholic and protestant bibles and the reasons behind those differences. If you count the letters of old testament there are three letters in old and nine in testament. The protestant bible and catholic bible are not the same book.
Christians, roman catholics and greek orthodox all have the same 27 books in the new testament and the same 39 books in the old testament. The hebrew bible recognizes the books referred to as the old testament in the protestant bible, but not the apocryphal. Mar 21, 2020 the old testament contains 39 protestant, 46 catholic, or more orthodox and other books, divided, very broadly, into the pentateuch torah, the historical books, the wisdom books and the prophets. The english names are from the septuagint and vulgate translations. List of bible books books of the old testament and new. Old testament books table of the 39 books of the old. Yes malachi is the old testaments last prophet, it is also the last book in the old testament. The old testament contains 39 protestant, 46 catholic, or more orthodox and other books, divided, very broadly, into the pentateuch torah, the historical books, the wisdom books and the prophets the table below uses the spellings and names present in modern editions of the christian bible, such as the catholic new american bible revised edition and the protestant revised standard. Test your knowledge on this religion quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Both jews and christians believe these texts to be holy. The contents of the old testment canon vary from church to church, with the orthodox communion having 51 books. The old testament or jewish tanakh is the first book of the bible. Martin luther was not afraid to challenge the canon of scripture. Then take 3 x 9 27, the number of books in the new testament.
Book quiz, letter quiz, testament quiz, az, end, ending, new testament, old, protestant. The new testament is a collection of 27 books, usually placed after the old testament in most christian bibles. Well see this epistle mentioned again in athanasius and cyrils lists. The old testament contains 39 protestant, 46 catholic, or more orthodox and other books, divided, very broadly, into the pentateuch torah, the historical books, the wisdom books and the prophets.
Catholic bibles contain old testament books not found in protestant bibles and. While this is true of your bible, this has not always been the case, and it certainly wasnt in jesus time. Some prophets overlap, lived in different areas, or the chronology cannot be estimated with any accuracy. Though this alteration of the new testament wasnt adopted by the protestant movements, his alteration of the old testament was, and by the end of the reformation protestantism had removed seven books the deuterocanonicals. Books of the bible list order complete new and old testament. The old testament abbreviated ot is the first part of the christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the twentyfour books of the hebrew bible or tanakh, a collection of ancient religious hebrew writings by the israelites believed by most christians and religious jews to be the sacred word of god. The roman catholic canon also includes the deuterocanonical books as part of the old testament these are considered apocryphal by most protestants.
These old testament, apocrypha and new testament books of the bible, with their commonly accepted names among the protestant. The following table contains a list of the 39 old testament books as listed in a typical protestant bible. Abels murder is mentioned in genesis while zechariahs was in 2 chronicles the last old testament book in the hebrew canonical order. The book order is the same in the greek orthodox, roman catholic, and protestant traditions. Even though they were considered scripture by the new testament writers and jesus. Exodus enslavement, moses, ten plagues, passover, leave egypt, red sea crossing, mt. The book of revelation, or the apocalypse, was usually placed as the final book in the new testament manuscripts. The second part of christian bibles is the new testament. A protestant bible is a christian bible whose translation or revision was produced by protestants. The last book in the old testament is definitely malachi, but ill explain more. Concerning the books of the old testament, the early church generally used the septuagint the greek translation of. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Martin luther should prove that to protestants, since he was the founder of the protestant reformation, and yet he tried to jettison four books from the new testament. Nov 15, 2016 this is a list of books of the protestant old testament in the english language.
How many books are in the new testament of the protestant. Did the protestant bible exist before the reformation. The quran calls the first five books of the old testament the tawrat. Malachi is the thirtyninth and last book of the old testament. Both the jewish bible and the hebrew canon in a protestant bible aka old testament contain 39 books, whereas a catholic bible contains 46 books in the old testament. Though this alteration of the new testament wasnt adopted by the protestant movements, his alteration of the old testament was, and by the end of the reformation protestantism had removed seven books the deuterocanonicals from. Most scholars assume the author of this book took malachi as a pen name. This list details all the major and minor old testament prophets, though not necessarily in perfect chronological order. Among contemporary christians, the roman catholic church recognizes as deuterocanonical several books that are consigned to the old testament apocrypha by most protestant bodies, whose canon conforms to that of the contemporary hebrew bible. Actually john the baptist is the last old testament prophet.
Mar 01, 2014 martin luther was not afraid to challenge the canon of scripture. The hebrew names are taken from the first line of each book in the original hebrew. Pentateuch, historical, wisdom poetry and the prophets. Due to the fact that some centuries change in the middle of a chapter and some prophets served in two different centuries, there is some repetition that takes place in the table below. Wisdom that are not included in the protestant version of the old testament. Just click any books name, and get a highlevel idea of what its about. The tanakh places ruth in the ketuvim writings, where her scroll hebrew, megillah. Protestantisms old testament problem catholic answers. The old testament order now used is very similar to that of the hebrew old testament. What is the last book of the old testament answers. In general, among christian denominations, the new testament canon is an agreedupon list of 27 books, although book order can vary.
This is a list of books of the protestant old testament in the english language. The protestant reformation, which began in germany in 1517 with the 95 theses of martin luther, gave rise to a new canon of the old testament. The slavonic, armenian and ethiopian traditions have. These books are referred to as the deuterocanonical books. The epistle in question is the epistle of jeremy, now the last chapter of baruch. Why are there more books in the catholic bible than the protestant bible. He relegated four new testament books to an appendix, denying that they were divinely inspired. However, there was no person called malachi, because the word malachi actually means messenger and is based on a word used in the. The old testament has 39 books total, which consist of.
The four tables give the most commonly accepted dates or ranges of dates for the old testamenthebrew bible, the deuterocanonical books included in roman catholic and eastern orthodox bibles, but not in the hebrew and protestant bibles and the new testament, including, where possible, hypotheses about their formationhistory table i is a chronological overview. How many books are there in the protestant version of the old testament. Why are there 39 books and 46 books in the old testament. List of books in the christian bible, roman catholic bible. The old testament is the collection of books that forms the first of the twopart christian biblical canon. However, timewise, the last book actually written was chronicles. Seven books of the bible, all in the old testament, are accepted by roman. Why were the books of the old testament apocrypha rejected. May 16, 2018 the last book in the old testament is definitely malachi, but ill explain more. The protestant bible consists of 66 books which are considered to be divinely inspired. I have written a short article on this subject if you wish to study it further catholic vs. By comparison, the books of the catholic bible include all 66 in the previous list plus seven extra books. Each book has its own separate chapter index, because waiting for all the chapter links of the old testament books to appear on one page can take a while.
Both orders include the same content, and thats whats most important. The last book of the old testament is the book of malachi. The book of the bible is also known as holy bible or sacred scriptures and texts. Why the catholic bible has 7 more books than the protestant bible. Theyre listed in the order they show up in protestant bibles. Protestant bibles by greg witherow catholic bibles contain old testament books not found in protestant bibles and as such catholics are sometimes asked to explain this discrepancy. The four tables give the most commonly accepted dates or ranges of dates for the old testament hebrew bible, the deuterocanonical books included in roman catholic and eastern orthodox bibles, but not in the hebrew and protestant bibles and the new testament, including, where possible, hypotheses about their formationhistory table i is a chronological overview. A list of books with brief descriptions of contents. As you may know, the catholic and protestant bibles differ in the number of books that each considers to be divinely inspired. The new testament is comprised of 27 books in the protestant bible. The slavonic, armenian and ethiopian traditions have different new testament book orders. But the ultimate reason why we should use the hebrew order of the ot is that it is the order that jesus used luke 24.
The protestant old testament contains 39 books and is not traditionally divided into sections as are the tanakh, orthodox old testament or catholic old testament. The last book in the old testament is malachi, according to the christian reordering of the books. In addition to these 39 books, the catholic old testament includes. This chronology is meant to give a rough overview of when the books of the old testament took place or were written. What is the last book in the protestant old testament. During the reformation, primarily for doctrinal reasons, protestants removed seven books from the old testament. What is the name of the last book of the old testament. Can you name the books of the protestant old or new testament that end in the following letters. With the old testament, apocrypha, and new testament, the total number of books in the protestant bible becomes 80. The deuterocanonical books are books and passages considered by the catholic church, the eastern orthodox church, the oriental orthodox churches and the assyrian church of the east to be canonical books of the old testament but which are considered noncanonical by protestant. The old testament contains the origin and creation of the universe, the exodus from egypt, the formation of israel the prophets and the wisdom books. Many modern protestant bibles print only the old testament and new testament. At the time, jeremiah, lamentations, and this epistle were lumped into one by those who wanted to keep the old testament canon at 22 books.
The old testament tucks ruth between judges and 1 samuel. What is the difference between the old testament, the. There the books follow the order of the palestinian hebrew. It is largely an account of the birth, ministry, life, death and resurrection of jesus christ. Below is the protestant canon of the bible new revised standard version. Aug 07, 2016 here you can find quick, 3minute guides to every book of the old testament. Old testament intro quest study guide flashcards quizlet. The most noticeable differences occur in the number of books included and the order in which they have been arranged. There are supposed to be 39 books in the old testament. Why are the books of the bible placed in a particular. The word testament, hebrew berith, greek diatheke, primarily signifies the covenant which god entered into first with abraham, then with the people of israel. David brackett sent in a better method for remembering the number of books in the bible.
Order of the old testament books new testament bible class. Old testament historical books 12 books bible blog. Here you can find quick, 3minute guides to every book of the old testament. Oct 28, 2015 can you name the books of the protestant old or new testament that end in the following letters. And a good deal of bible geeks know that the old testament books are sacred to the jewish faith, too. Turn to any bible you have right now and look at the table of contents. But, we use bibles that separate some of the hebrew books in two. Incidentally, protestants and catholics use the same new testament, the. Such bibles comprise 39 books of the old testament according to the jewish hebrew bible canon, known especially to nonprotestants as the protocanonical books and 27 books of the new testament for a total of 66 books. In christianity, the old testament is the name of the first part of the bible, the one written before jesus christ. Why we should use the hebrew order of the old testament. Why did martin luther take 7 books out of the bible. The old testament didnt originally conclude with the book of malachi.
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