How many books are there in the Holy Bible in the Protestant canon?
The number of books in the Bible differs between branches of religious faith. In the Protestant canon, the Bible has 66 books in total, with 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament, according to MinisterBook. The Hebrew Bible roughly equates to the 39 books of the Protestant Old Testament, but it is composed of 24 books that are ordered, organized and titled differently. The Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox faiths all accept varying numbers of additional books in the Old Testament canon. Generally, all branches of the Christian faith accept the total overall content of the Protestant New Testament, but some order the books differently.
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Kevin Dale Streets
For those of you who care, and even the ones who don't, there are as many chapters in the book of Isaiah as there are books in the Bible.
Jenny Devereaux
No boring comments up to this point, i.e. “I got it right or I got it wrong”. Please keep it up.
sweetqb
66/44 *66 books by 44 authors!
Paulette Arnold
teresab, then why haven't you read it?
marijohnross
hweishaupt, ain't that the truth!!
hweishaupt
lucky57, - so sorry for you. You'll find out why when Christ returns.
ed
Annelie Scholtz, pretty sure that was meant as a joke/pun re 666 be a number associated with evil/devil...
Camille Curran
Thanks for the clarification.
Char
I picked the right answer but my phone moved again irritation to the Max
dlh
Whew I did remember the number it has been awhile since had this question!
teresab
I'm catholic, how should I know. Got it right.
kite005
Had no idea but 66 reminded me of 666 so I figured it would be the answer.
Leanna Greenbush
Guessed wrong on this one.
silrem
I figured the devil stole a six.
docluci
Guessed this correctly
Richard G Schwartz
Thanks Thor.
Thor Johnson
39 old testament, 27 new testament