2007-02-13 11:05:27 · 15 answers · asked by Smiles 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
39. You can remember it like this: 3 letters in Old, 9 letters in Testament.
2007-02-13 11:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Following Jerome's Veritas Hebraica, the Protestant Old Testament consists of the same books as the Tanakh, but the order and numbering of the books are different. Protestants number the Old Testament books at 39, while the Jews number the same books as 24. This is because the Jews consider Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles to form one book each, group the 12 minor prophets into one book, and also consider Ezra and Nehemiah a single book. The Roman Catholic, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox include books removed by Martin Luther, called the deuterocanonical books, which Protestants exclude as apocryphal. The basis for these books is found in the early Koine Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible. This translation was widely used by the Early Christians and is the one most often quoted (300 of 350 quotations including many of Jesus' own words) in the New Testament when it says the same things as in the Old Testament.
2007-02-13 19:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
11 We today list 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures; the traditional Jewish canon, while including these same books, counts them as 24. Some authorities, by putting Ruth with Judges and Lamentations with Jeremiah, counted the number of books as 22, though still holding to exactly the same canonical writings. This made the number of inspired books equal the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet. The following is the list of the 24 books according to the traditional Jewish canon:
The Law (The Pentateuch)
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
The Prophets
6. Joshua
7. Judges
8. Samuel (First and Second together as one book)
9. Kings (First and Second together as one book)
10. Isaiah
11. Jeremiah
12. Ezekiel
13. The Twelve Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, as one book)
The Writings (Hagiographa)
14. Psalms
15. Proverbs
16. Job
17. The Song of Solomon
18. Ruth
19. Lamentations
20. Ecclesiastes
21. Esther
22. Daniel
23. Ezra (Nehemiah was included with Ezra)
24. Chronicles (First and Second together as one book)
2007-02-13 21:05:47 · answer #3 · answered by amorromantico02 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 39 books in the Old Testament.
2007-02-13 19:10:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
39 -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther,Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
2007-02-13 19:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by Nancy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
39
2007-02-13 19:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by HAND 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
39
2007-02-13 19:08:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
24 or 39 depending on how you separate the books.
2007-02-13 19:11:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
39 in the old testement. But if you have a bible that includes the books that the church does not approve it will be more. 46 books then.
2007-02-13 19:09:37 · answer #9 · answered by anamaradancer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
going by the catholic bible you will find 46, other christian bibles have 39. you will get different answers as to the reason why the catholic bible has more so i will let you research that for yourself if you are interested and i hope you find a reasonable answer. i personally am in favor of the catholic reasoning as it is more christian...........some websites of interest and that may help are
scripturecatholic.com
salvationhistory.com
ewtn.com
fisheaters.com
2007-02-13 19:14:43 · answer #10 · answered by fenian1916 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋