Bible Facts
The word bible comes from the Latin word which what?
Book
How many categories of the bible are there?
9 categories
How many books are in the bible?
66
The final book of the old testament
Malachi
What 3 continents was the bible written on?
Africa, Asia and Europe
The first 5 books of the bible are called?
The law books
How many books are in the Old Testament and how many are in the New Testament?
39 in the old testament; 27 in the new testament
The book of the bible that has 3 parts
John
1st John
2nd John
3rd John
Approximately how many human authors does the bible have?
40
The history books
The two books of the bible names after females
Esther and Ruth
Spell the name of the book that comes after Haggai
Zechariah
Approximately how many years did it take to write the bible?
1,500 years
Isaiah to Daniel are called?
The books of major prophets
The 3 original languages of the bible?
Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek
The 3 books that come after Jeremiah.
Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel
Approximately how many words are in the bible?
700,000
The books of Acts and Revelation are in categories by themselves. Name the two categories.
Acts- Church History
Revelation- Prophesy
Shortest book in the bible
Obadiah
Name all the books that have more than one part.
Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Corinthians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Peter and John