![]() ![]() Hence, we end up with First and Second Samuel, First and Second Kings and First and Second Chronicles. However, the Greek language contains vowels and thus two scrolls were needed to record the entire book. Therefore, the entire book could be put onto one scroll. The Hebrew text does not contain vowels, and thus it is much shorter than the Greek text. The reason that the Septuagint divided these three books into six books was for practical reasons they could not all fit on to one scroll. The Protestant Bible divides Samuel, Kings and Chronicles into two books following the Septuagint. The books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles are considered one book, not two. Modern Hebrew Bibles have thirty-six books. Again, the contents were exactly the same as those divisions that had twenty-two and twenty-four books. There was also another ancient Hebrew division where the books were numbered at twenty-seven. The only difference is in the way in which these books are divided.Īn apocryphal book, called Second Esdras, which was written at the end of the first century A.D., records what is known as the “Ezra legend.” In it, we find the number of books listed as twenty-four. Both the Protestant division and the Hebrew division contain the exact same books, no more, no less. Most likely he placed Ruth with Judges and Lamentations with Jeremiah. First century writer Flavius Josephus said the Jews recognized twenty-two sacred books. The traditional number of the books contained in the Hebrew Scripture is twenty-four. The present English division follows Jerome. ![]() Jerome, the scholar who translated the Old Testament into Latin in the fourth century A.D., also adapted this division. This translation, known as the Septuagint (which means seventy and is abbreviated LXX), began in the third century before Christ. This division goes back to the time the Old Testament was translated from Hebrew into Greek. The usual Protestant order is as follows: the Law, History, Poetry, Major Prophets and Minor Prophets. The reasons for the way they are variously arranged are as follows:Īccording to the Protestant order, the books of the Old Testament are divided along a topical arrangement. Why Are the Books of the Bible Placed in a Particular Order or Sequence?Īlthough Christians believe that the sixty-six books of the Bible are all part of sacred Scripture, the books are not arranged in any God-given order. ![]()
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