The Layout of Bible Books

= The Layout of Bible books =
== Number of chapters in each of the 66 "books" with a list of the books in order from most chapters to the least number of chapters ==
The chart below is a list of all 66 canonical books of the Bible along with the number of chapters in each book. Most of the books were written for a group of readers. Those written to specific individuals are identified with an asterisk. This list of Bible books has them in the order in which they appear in Bibles today. The order is more in terms of subject matter -- history, wisdom, literature, prophecy, gospel accounts, letters, and so on -- than in the chronological order in which they were written.
For example, Bible scholars say Mark was likely the first Gospel account to be written. However, Matthew is the first book of the New Testament, likely because it makes more references to the Old Testament than any of the other three Gospel accounts. Scholars also think 1 Thessalonians was the first of Paul's letters or epistles to be written. However, Roman's the first book in the section containing his letters to congregations and individuals. The same kind of thing occurs in the Old Testament. Esther , for instance, is about events during the Babylonian exile while books like Psalms and Isaiah , which were written prior to the Exile, appear in the Bible after Esther's story.
== Hebrew Scriptures , Book of the Old Testament, a.k.a. the Hebrew Bible ==
 
== Greek Scriptures , Books of the New Testament , a.k.a. the Greek Bible ==
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