 | John Eadie - 1848 - 178 σελίδες
...the production of one author but of many; not of one age but of many; not of one country but of many. There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the new, and probably forty different authors were employed in their composition. These authors did not live... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 σελίδες
...very wonderful thing. The Bible is not the production of one author, nor of one country ; but of many. There are 39 Books in the Old Testament, and 27 in the New ; and, probably, 40 different authors were employed in their composition. These authors did not live... | |
 | Charles Rogers - 1869 - 178 σελίδες
...name to the Divine Record. The word Testament is derived from the Latin, and signifies a covenant. There are 39 Books in the Old Testament, and 27 in the New. The Old Testament was written partly in Hebrew, and partly in Chaldaic. At the instance of Ptolemy... | |
 | 428 σελίδες
...number of its divisions is 66, prepared by 33 writers — whose number is just half that of the books. There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New, and their names mostly recall the names of the persons by whom they were written. One design runs through... | |
 | Susan Smart - 2005 - 68 σελίδες
...'Bible' comes from the Greek word 'biblia', which means books. The Bible is a collection of 66 books. There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. Many different people wrote the books over many years. Some of the earlier stories were... | |
 | James Kirkwood - 2006 - 198 σελίδες
...life. Isn't that a pretty good start? I once thought that to "rightly divide" meant to recognize that there are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New, but that isn't true. Most Bible scholars and students agree that Job is the oldest book in the Bible,... | |
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There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the new, and probably forty different authors were employed in their composition. 