Books of the Holy Bible Categorized

 The following tables contain a separate list of Old Testament and New Testament books respectively.


Old Testament books

The Old Testament is comprised of 39 books in the Holy Bible.

The Old Testament is largely an account of God’s dealings with Israel.  The main narrative begins with God’s call to Abraham; later Moses leads Israel in their Exodus to Egypt where they conquer the Promised Land of Canaan.  A period of the judges follows and then the establishment of the Israelite monarchy.  Thereafter, Israel is exiled from the Promised Land due to its disobedience.

Categories

For ease of memorization, the books of the Old Testament can be divided into four main categories: law, history, poetry / wisdom and prophetical books.  The Books of the Law incorporate the first five books of the Old Testament.

Law/PENTATEUCH

History

Poetry / Wisdom

Major Prophets

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 and 2 Samuel
1 and 2 Kings
1 and 2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther

Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon

Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel

Minor Prophets

Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habbakuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi


New Testament books

The New Testament is comprised of 27 books in the Holy Bible.  It is largely an account of the birth, ministry, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  The sequel to Jesus’ death is found in the Book of Acts with the formation of the Christian church and in the epistles which describe the outworking of faith in the fellowships that were founded by the apostles.

For ease of memorization, the books of the New Testament can be divided into four main categories: gospels, history, epistles and apocalyptic literature.


Gospels

History

Paul's Epistles
(Churches)

Paul's Epistles
(Individuals)

General Epistles

Apocalyptic

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

Book of Acts

Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon

Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude

Revelation

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