Books of the Bible Books of the Bible Different religious groups include different books in their biblical canons, in varying orders, and sometimes divide or combine books. Christian Bibles range from the 73 books of the Catholic Church canon, the 66 books of the canon of some denominations or the 80 books of the canon of other denominations of the Protestant Church, to the 81 books of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church canon. The Tanakh (sometimes called the Hebrew Bible) contains 24 books divided into three parts: the five books of the "Torah" ("teaching"); the "Nevi'im" ("prophets"); and the "Ketuvim" ("writings"). The first part
The Books of the Bible stated, "The way [this edition] presents the Bible as a library of literature is unique, simple, and elegant"; the reviewer anticipated that "some other translations" might "follow suit." "Bible Design and Binding" described the edition as "a new approach both to the design and organization of the biblical text" that would "serve as an example to others." One of the contributors to the "Better Bibles Blog" expected that "the new format will bring increased understanding" and noted that "the format can be used with any version of the Bible." The Books of the Bible The Books of the Bible is