Bible Search Definitions Whole Bible .............. All 66 books of the Protestant Bible = Genesis to Revelation Old Testament .......... 39 books written between 1500-400 BC = Genesis to Malachi New Testament ......... 27 books written from AD 50-100 approx Books of the Law ..... First 5 books of the Old Testament, called Pentateuch or Torah Books of History ...... 12 books from Joshua to Esther Books of Wisdom ..... 5 books from Job to Song of Solomon = known for poetic style Major Prophets ........ There are 4 major prophets = Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel & Daniel; Lamentations written by Jeremiah is in this group as well. Minor Prophets ........ 12 less proplific prophets = begin with Hosea end with Malachi The Gospels .............. First 4 books of the New Testament, covering the life of Jesus Christ Pauline Epistles ......... Paul wrote the books from Romans - Hebrew, it a debate about Hebrews being written by Paul as well General Epistles ........ Non-Pauline letters = begin with James end with Jude Apocalyptic Books ....This is referring to the book of Revelation and prophecy of Tribulation Version Abbreviations NAS .... New American Standard NCV .... New Centry Version ASV .... Authorized Standard Version GWT ... God's Word Translation NKJ .... New King James WEB ... World English Bible TMB .... Third Millennium Bible BBE .... The Bible in Basic English NLT .... New Living Translation DBY .... The Darby Translation NRS .... New Revised Standard HNV .... Hebrew Names Versions RSV .... Revised Standard Version TWB ... The Websters Bible TEV .... Today's English Version VUL ... The Latin Vulqate DHE .... Douay-Rheims Bible [edition] YLT .... Young's Literal Translation STR .... KJV w/Strong's numbers WNT ... Wesleys New Testament |
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