Overview of Bible books

Get a summary of every Bible book, describing its major outline, highlights, and relevance today.

What are the Old and New Testament about?

The Bible is not one single book, but a collection of books written in different times and by different authors. Below is a very short description of the content of each Bible book.
Old Testament Bible books New Testament Bible books

Genres

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Old Testament: historical books

Inspiring stories of the beginning of our world and of God’s dealings with people.

Old Testament: prophetical books

Words of God for people, passed on and written down by prophets.

Old Testament: poetical books

Songs, poems and wisdom literature from the history of Israel.

New Testament: historical books

Stories about Jesus’ life on earth, His death and resurrection, and the early decades of the church.

New Testament: epistles

Letters written by followers of Jesus, full of encouragement, exhortation and teaching about life as a Christian.

New Testament: prophetical book

Visions in which God gives an insight into spiritual reality and the future of this world.

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