The New Testament shows how this promise was fulfilled in Jesus Christ.ĭespite covering over 2,000 years of human history, the Bible has a theme that unifies all of its sixty-six books. The Old Testament describes God’s covenants with the Jewish people and his promise to bless all nations of the earth through them. Testament is another word for a will or covenant, a legally binding promise. The last twenty-seven books, from Matthew through Revelation, are called the New Testament. The first thirty-nine books, from Genesis through Malachi, are grouped in a section called the Old Testament. There are sixty-six books on the “The Bible at a Glance” chart. The events described in the Bible take place in the lands north and west of the Persian/Arabian Gulf and surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.Īlthough the biblical books are written in different styles and reflect different cultural backgrounds, the authors believed that what they wrote was uniquely inspired by God their words are God’s message to all people. When we read the Bible in English, we are reading a translation of material originally written in Hebrew (the Old Testament or first part of the Bible) or Greek (the New Testament or second part of the Bible).
The oldest book was written about 1400 BC or earlier. The word Bible comes from the Greek word biblia, which means “books.” The Bible contains sixty-six books, written by at least forty different authors over a period of at least 1500 years.
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