About forty different people wrote the words that comprise this remarkable text known as The Holy Bible, but the words were bestowed upon all of those men by an individual author, God. The word Bible itself is defined as a plural form of books. The Old Testament is rich with history. The annals of man from his origin. Psalms is one book where the lovely words of poetry are written.
Proverbs is also a delightful look into wisdom for daily survival.
By further definition, the meaning of the word testament is covenant. God made a covenant with the Jewish people in the Old Testament through the Law He gave to Moses and the New Testament speaks of the covenant made by Jesus by way of his crucifixion and resurrection. This is the promise of eternal life through Him. It is a possibility that the Bible you choose to read may have nearly 15 extra books placed between the testaments as we generally recognize them. The name of these extra books is Apocrypha.