{"id":61314,"date":"2005-06-10T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-11T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61314"},"modified":"2023-06-10T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T02:33:52","slug":"notes-on-the-organization-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-the-organization-of-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on the Organization of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Old Testament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Divison<\/strong><\/td>\nPurpose<\/strong><\/td>\nBooks<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Books of Moses<\/td>\nHistory of the World<\/td>\nGenesis<\/td>\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
Law<\/td>\nExodus<\/td>\nLeviticus<\/td>\nNumbers<\/td>\nDeuteronomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History<\/td>\nHistory of Israel<\/td>\nJoshua<\/td>\nJudges<\/td>\nRuth<\/td>\nI Samuel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
II Samuel<\/td>\nI Kings<\/td>\nII Kings<\/td>\nI Chronicles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
II Chronicles<\/td>\nEzra<\/td>\nNehemiah<\/td>\nEsther<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wisdom<\/td>\nPoems<\/td>\nJob<\/td>\nPsalms<\/td>\nProverbs<\/td>\nEcclesiastes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song of Solomon<\/td>\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
Prophets<\/td>\nMajor Prophets
\n(longer books)<\/td>\n		Isaiah<\/td>\nJeremiah<\/td>\nLamentations<\/td>\nEzekiel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel<\/td>\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
Minor Prophets
\n(shorter books)<\/td>\n		Hosea<\/td>\nJoel<\/td>\nAmos<\/td>\nObadiah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonah<\/td>\nMicah<\/td>\nNahum<\/td>\nHabakkuk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zephaniah<\/td>\nHaggai<\/td>\nZechariah<\/td>\nMalachi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

New Testament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Divison<\/strong><\/td>\nPurpose<\/strong><\/td>\nBooks<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gospels<\/td>\nLife of Jesus<\/td>\nMatthew<\/td>\nMark<\/td>\nLuke<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History<\/td>\nHistory of the Church<\/td>\nActs<\/td>\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
Specific Epistles
\n(named by the addressee)\nAlso known as the Letters of Paul<\/td>\n		Letters to Churches<\/td>\nRomans<\/td>\nI Corinthians<\/td>\nII Corinthians<\/td>\nGalatians<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ephesians<\/td>\nPhilippians<\/td>\nColossians<\/td>\nI Thessalonians<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
II Thessalonians<\/td>\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
Letters to Individuals<\/td>\nI Timothy<\/td>\nII Timothy<\/td>\nTitus<\/td>\nPhilemon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Letter to Jewish Christians<\/td>\nHebrews<\/td>\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
General Epistles
\n(named by author)<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nJames<\/td>\nI Peter<\/td>\nII Peter<\/td>\nI John<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
II John<\/td>\nIII John<\/td>\nJude<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n
Prophecy<\/td>\n\nRevelation<\/td>\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[201],"tags":[219],"class_list":["post-61314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-bible"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20830,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/who-wrote-ii-kings\/","url_meta":{"origin":61314,"position":0},"title":"Who wrote II Kings?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Who wrote II Kings? 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