And of course, the Holy Bible also contains both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Each testament contains its own set of books that should be studied. Collectively there are 66 books contained in the King James Bible. Of these 66 books, 39 of them are gathered into the Old Testament and the remaining 27 make up the New Testament.
If you are following along in my bible study blog than I'm sure you were expecting to see a new post about another useful method of studying the bible. However, instead of moving on into new territory, I'd like to elaborate a bit on my previous entry, Bible Study Everyday.
If you'll recall, I suggested using a notebook for keeping track of your bible notes and only your bible notes. I said that you should use headers denoting the time, date, and session of study along with the chapter and verse. But what if we expand upon this idea a bit and instead of using just one notebook for the entire bible, we use a seperate notebook for each book of the bible.
This would enable you to keep better track of where your studies are taking you and ensure that won't have to jump around through one or several notebooks looking for specific notes on the books you want to further research.
This is not to say that you have to do it this way as it can get rather costly if you buy all 66 notebooks at once. But if you only concentrate on studying a few bible books at a time, then you can get by with only purchasing the notebooks as you need them.
Another good idea is to use two seperate colored notebooks, one for your Old Testament studies and one for your New Testament studies. For instance, let's say you've chosen blue and yellow. In the blue book you could put all the books of the Old Testament and in the yellow, all the books of the New Testament. Get yourself a permanent marker and mark each one right on the colored cover. For your reference, I'll list the books of the bible right here.
Old Testament Books Of The Bible
New Testament Books Of The Bible
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Esther
- Job
- Psalm
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Solomon
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
Whether you choose to use only a few notebooks for the entire bible or you choose to section off each book their own seperate notes is up to you. But I strongly urge you consider using seperate research notes for your bible studies. I think that studying the Books of the Bible this way will help you keep motivated and focused on your religious studies.
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Acts
- Romans
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Timothy
- 2 Timothy
- Titus
- Philemon
- Hebrews
- James
- 1 Peter
- 2 Peter
- 1 John
- 2 John
- 3 John
- Jude
- Revelation
