SECTION 1: THE LAW SECTION 2: HISTORY SECTION 3: WISDOM SECTION 4: PROPHETS SECTION 5: GOSPEL SECTION 6: Paul's Letters SECTION 7: Letters SECTION 8: The Revelation of Jesus Christ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke 24:44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO, WHERE, WHEN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 1: THE LAW Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 1 Genesis (OT-1) 50 1,533 38,267 1450 - 1410 BC Moses 2 Exodus (OT-2) 40 1,213 32,692 1450 - 1410 BC Moses 3 Leviticus (OT-3) 27 859 24,546 1450 - 1410 BC Moses 4 Numbers (OT-4) 36 1,288 32,902 1450 - 1410 BC Moses 5 Deuteronomy (OT-5)34 959 28,461 1410 BC Moses ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 2: HISTORY Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 6 Joshua (OT-6) 24 658 18,858 1400 - 1370 BC Joshua 7 Judges (OT-7) 21 618 18,976 1050 - 1000 BC Anonymous (Samuel ?) 8 Ruth (OT-8) 4 85 2,578 1000 BC Uncertain (Samuel ?) 9 First Samuel (OT-9) 31 810 25,061 930 BC & later Samuel + 10 Second Samuel (OT-10) 24 695 20,612 930 BC & later Samuel + 11 First Kings (OT-11) 22 816 24,524 550 BC Jeremiah 12 Second Kings (OT-12) 25 719 23,532 550 BC Jeremiah 13 First Chronicles (OT-13) 29 942 20,369 450 - 425 BC Ezra 14 Second Chronicles (OT-14) 36 822 26,074 450 - 425 BC Ezra 15 Ezra (OT-15) 10 280 7,441 456 - 444 BC Ezra 16 Nehemiah (OT-16) 13 406 10,483 445 - 425 BC Nehemiah 17 Esther (OT-17) 10 167 5,637 465 BC Uncertain ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 3: WISDOM Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 18 Job (OT-18) 42 1,070 10,102 occurred 1500 BC Uncertain (Job ?) 19 Psalms (OT-19) 150 2,461 43,743 10th Century BC David - 73, Solomon - 2, Sons of Korah -12, Asaph - 12, Heman 1, Ethan 1, Moses 1 20 Proverbs (OT-20) 31 915 15,043 950 - 700 BC Solomon + 21 Ecclesiastes (OT-21) 12 222 4072 935 BC Solomon 22 Song of Solomon (OT-22) 8 117 2661 965 BC Solomon ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4: PROPHETS Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 23 Isaiah (OT-23) 66 1292 37044 740 - 680 BC Isaiah 24 Jeremiah (OT-24) 52 1364 42659 627 - 585 BC Jeremiah 25 Lamentations (OT-25) 5 154 3415 586/5 BC Jeremiah 26 Ezekiel (OT-26) 48 1273 39407 592 - 570 BC Ezekiel 27 Daniel (OT-27) 12 357 11606 537 BC Daniel 28 Hosea (OT-28) 14 197 5175 710 BC Hosea 29 Joel (OT-29) 3 73 2034 835 BC Joel 30 Amos (OT-30) 9 146 4217 755 BC Amos 31 Obadiah (OT-31) 1 21 670 840 or 586 BC Obadiah 32 Jonah (OT-32) 4 48 1321 760 BC Jonah 33 Micah (OT-33) 7 105 3153 700 BC Micah 34 Nahum (OT-34) 3 47 1285 663 - 612 BC Nahum 35 Habakkuk (OT-35) 3 56 1476 607 BC Habakkuk 36 Zephaniah (OT-36) 3 53 1617 625 BC Zephaniah 37 Haggai (OT-37) 2 38 1131 520 BC Haggai 38 Zechariah (OT-38) 14 211 6444 520 - 518 BC Zechariah 39 Malachi (OT-39) 4 55 1782 450 - 400 BC Malachi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 5: GOSPEL Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 40 Matthew (NT-1) 28 1,071 23,684 60's AD Matthew 41 Mark (NT-2) 16 678 15,171 50's AD Mark 42 Luke (NT-3) 24 1,151 25,944 60 AD Luke 43 John (NT-4) 21 879 19,099 85 - 90 AD John 44 Acts (NT-5) 28 1,007 24,250 61 AD Luke 45 Romans (NT-6) 16 433 9,447 58 AD Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 6: Paul's Letters Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 46 First Corinthians (NT-7)16 437 9,489 56 AD Paul 47 Second Corinthians (NT-8)13 257 6,092 57 AD Paul 48 Galatians (NT-9) 6 149 3,098 49 or 55 AD Paul 49 Ephesians (NT-10) 6 155 3,039 61 AD Paul 50 Philippians (NT-11) 4 104 2,002 61 AD Paul 51 Colossians (NT-12) 4 95 1,998 61 AD Paul 52 First Thessalonians (NT-13)5 89 1,857 51 AD Paul 53 Second Thessalonians (NT-14)3 47 1,042 51 AD Paul 54 First Timothy (NT-15) 6 113 2,269 63 AD Paul 55 Second Timothy (NT-16)4 83 1,703 66 AD Paul 56 Titus (NT-17) 3 46 921 65 AD Paul 57 Philemon (NT -18) 1 25 445 61 AD Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 7: Letters Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 58 Hebrews (NT-19) 13 303 6,913 64 - 68 AD Uncertain (Paul ?) 59 James (NT-20) 5 108 2,309 45 - 50 AD James 60 First Peter (NT-21) 5 105 2,482 63 AD Peter 61 Second Peter (NT-22) 3 61 1,559 66 AD Peter 62 First John (NT-23)` 5 105 2,523 90 AD John 63 Second John (NT-24) 1 13 303 90 AD John 64 Third John (NT-25) 1 14 613 90 AD John 65 Jude (NT-26) 1 25 299 70 - 80 AD Jude ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 8: The Revelation of Jesus Christ Book: chapters vs words date author ---------------------------------------------------- 66 Revelation (NT-27) 22 404 12,000 90's AD John