The Books of the Bible they speak will be evident." This new order is introduced because "the order in which today's readers are used to encountering the books of the Bible is yet another factor that hinders their understanding." The book order in "The Books of the Bible," and the rationale for it, is as follows: The Covenant History "The first quarter of the Bible unfolds as one continuous narrative." Genesis<br> Exodus<br> Leviticus<br> Numbers<br> Deuteronomy<br> Joshua<br> Judges<br> Ruth<br> Samuel–Kings The Prophets The prophets are presented in "what… is plausibly their historical order." Jonah Amos<br> Hosea<br> Micah<br> Isaiah Zephaniah<br> Nahum<br> Habakkuk Jeremiah<br> Obadiah<br> Ezekiel Haggai<br> Zechariah<br>
The Book of Mormon and the King James Bible of the world, and also of Adam and Eve, who were our first parents; While most contemporary secular and religious biblical scholars dates the completion of the Pentateuch to no earlier than the Persian period (538–323 B.C.), those who accept the miraculous origin theory generally subscribe to the tradition of Mosaic authorship circa 1280 B.C. Mormon writers have noted that although the portions of the Book of Mormon that quote from the Bible are very similar to the KJV text, they are not identical. Mormon scholars have also noted that at least seven of "the ancient textual variants in question