Notes on the Organization of the Bible
Old Testament
| Divison | Purpose | Books | |||
| Books of Moses | History of the World | Genesis | |||
| Law | Exodus | Leviticus | Numbers | Deuteronomy | |
| History | History of Israel | Joshua | Judges | Ruth | I Samuel |
| II Samuel | I Kings | II Kings | I Chronicles | ||
| II Chronicles | Ezra | Nehemiah | Esther | ||
| Wisdom | Poems | Job | Psalms | Proverbs | Ecclesiastes |
| Song of Solomon | |||||
| Prophets | Major Prophets (longer books) | Isaiah | Jeremiah | Lamentations | Ezekiel |
| Daniel | |||||
| Minor Prophets (shorter books) | Hosea | Joel | Amos | Obadiah | |
| Jonah | Micah | Nahum | Habakkuk | ||
| Zephaniah | Haggai | Zechariah | Malachi | ||
New Testament
| Divison | Purpose | Books | |||
| Gospels | Life of Jesus | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
| History | History of the Church | Acts | |||
| Specific Epistles (named by the addressee) Also known as the Letters of Paul | Letters to Churches | Romans | I Corinthians | II Corinthians | Galatians |
| Ephesians | Philippians | Colossians | I Thessalonians | ||
| II Thessalonians | |||||
| Letters to Individuals | I Timothy | II Timothy | Titus | Philemon | |
| Letter to Jewish Christians | Hebrews | ||||
| General Epistles (named by author) | James | I Peter | II Peter | I John | |
| II John | III John | Jude | |||
| Prophecy | Revelation | ||||
