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The Bible
is unique among "Holy Books"; it is rooted in and intertwined
with actual human history.
The Bible claims to be "the word of God." It records the
interaction of God with historical people and
nations. It reveals the meaning of life and the responsibility of
human beings to their Creator.
 books -- The Bible is actually a
collection of books, some long, some short. This book of books is
the world's all-time best seller and the world's most translated book.
The Bible's two major
sections are the Old Testament and the New Testament.
(What's so
new about the New Testament?) (answer
also available in Hungarian,
Spanish)
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The
Old Testament
has...
- 39 books
- 929 chapters
- 23,214 verses
- 593,493 words
- Longest book: Psalms
- Shortest book: Obadiah
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The
New
Testament
has...
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The nine sub-sections of the Bible.
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The Bible's books are arranged by TYPE, rather than chronologically.
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Learn about each of the 66 books (description and
background)...
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OLD
TESTAMENT:
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NEW
TESTAMENT:
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Illustrated chronological summary of the Bible
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Multimedia journey
through the Bible
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Want to
understand the Bible better? Start with God's Story,
a wonderful, multimedia summary of the Bible, chronologically from Creation
to eternity.
Chronological
teaching -- Why
use this method? See recommended resources. GO...
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The ChristianAnswers On-line Bible
Encyclopedia
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Use our free, on-line
BIBLE
ENCYCLOPEDIA
to learn about virtually every word, person and place in the Bible. It's
huge and cross-referenced with the Bible and our answers! See such
words as Bible,
Canon,
Scripture,
Inspiration
of Scripture, Word of God,
Apocrypha,
and King
James Words Defined.
Fun facts
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Last
word in the Bible:
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Amen (Rev. 22:21)
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Longest
word (and name):
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Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
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Shortest
verse:
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John 11:35
(2 words: "Jesus wept")
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Longest
verse:
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Esther 8:9
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Shortest
book (number of words):
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3 John
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Longest
book:
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Psalms (150
chapters)
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Middle
books:
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Micah and
Nahum
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Middle
chapter:
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Psalm 118
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Middle
verse:
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Psalm 118:8
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Chapters:
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1,189
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Longest
chapter:
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Psalm 119
(176 verses)
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Shortest
chapter (number of words):
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Psalm 117
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Number
of times the word "God"
appears:
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3,358
(It appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.)
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Number
of times the word "Lord"
appears:
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7,736
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Number
of different authors:
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Over
40
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Number
of languages the Bible has been translated into:
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More
than 1,200 (as of 2001)
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Number
of new Bibles distributed (sold or given away) in the U.S.:
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About
168,000 per day (as of 2001)
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Visit our on-line Bible and study center
We urge you to read the Bible for yourself. It's an adventure. If you don't
have time to read the whole thing immediately, we suggest that you begin
with Genesis
(the book of beginnings) and then read the book of John.
We offer two plans to
help you get through reading the entire Bible: a One-Year
program (arranged by book type) or a Three-Year
program (arranged simply from Genesis to Revelation).
Our annotated,
cross-referenced, red-letter Web Bible...
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