What are the books of the Bible in categorization?

Answer 1

There are three groups of books in each Testament. Each Testament begins with a group of historical books and ends with prophetic books. Between the historical and prophetic books are poetic books (Old Testament) and letters or epistles (New Testament).

Old Testament ( 39 books)

Historical Books

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Kings
• 2 Kings
• 1 Chronicles
• 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther

Poetic Books

• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs

Prophetic Books

• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations
• Ezekiel
• Daniel
• Hosea (12 minor prophets)
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

New Testament (27 books)

Historical Books

• Matthew
• Mark
• Luke
• John
• Acts

Letters or Epistles

• 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

Prophetic Book

• Revelation

Note: This is the organization of the KJV Bible and is different from the Catholic Bible.