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Basics

What is the Bible?

Who wrote the Bible?

What does the word bible mean?

What is a quick summary of each of the 66 books of the Bible?

What is Bibliology?

What is the sword of the Spirit?

What are the different names and titles of the Bible?

Why is the Bible called the Holy Bible?

What is the living Word?

How much influence is the Bible supposed to have on society?

How is the Bible unique?

What is the significance of burning Bibles?

The Book

What is the purpose of the Bible?

How can Jesus and the Bible both be the Word of God?

How old is the Bible?

Should we stand when the Bible is read?

What is the proper way to dispose of a ruined Bible?

What is a Bible scholar?

What is a Bible society?

Why do modern translations of the Bible have a copyright?

What is bibliolatry?

Did the Bible copy some of its stories from other religious myths and legends?

Should all pronouns referring to God be capitalized?

Statistics

What are some interesting facts & stats about the Bible?

What is the shortest book of the Bible?

What is the longest book of the Bible?

What is the shortest verse in the Bible?

What is the longest verse in the Bible?

What is the middle verse of the Bible?

What is the longest chapter in the Bible?

What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?

What is the oldest book in the Bible?

How many parables are in the Bible?

Authorship

Who wrote the book of Genesis? Who was the author of Genesis?

Who wrote the book of Exodus? Who was the author of Exodus?

Who wrote the book of Leviticus? Who was the author of Leviticus?

Who wrote the book of Numbers? Who was the author of Numbers?

Who wrote the book of Deuteronomy? Who was the author of Deuteronomy?

Who wrote the book of Joshua? Who was the author of Joshua?

Who wrote the book of Judges? Who was the author of Judges?

Who wrote the book of Ruth? Who was the author of Ruth?

Who wrote the book of 1 Samuel? Who was the author of 1 Samuel?

Who wrote the book of 2 Samuel? Who was the author of 2 Samuel?

Who wrote the book of 1 Kings? Who was the author of 1 Kings?

Who wrote the book of 2 Kings? Who was the author of 2 Kings?

Who wrote the book of 1 Chronicles? Who was the author of 1 Chronicles?

Who wrote the book of 2 Chronicles? Who was the author of 2 Chronicles?

Who wrote the book of Ezra? Who was the author of Ezra?

Who wrote the book of Nehemiah? Who was the author of Nehemiah?

Who wrote the book of Esther? Who was the author of Esther?

Who wrote the book of Job? Who was the author of Job?

Who wrote the book of Psalms? Who was the author of Psalms?

Who wrote the book of Proverbs? Who was the author of Proverbs?

Who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes? Who was the author of Ecclesiastes?

Who wrote the book of Song of Solomon? Who was the author of Song of Solomon?

Who wrote the book of Isaiah? Who was the author of Isaiah?

Who wrote the book of Jeremiah? Who was the author of Jeremiah?

Who wrote the book of Lamentations? Who was the author of Lamentations?

Who wrote the book of Ezekiel? Who was the author of Ezekiel?

Who wrote the book of Daniel? Who was the author of Daniel?

Who wrote the book of Hosea? Who was the author of Hosea?

Who wrote the book of Joel? Who was the author of Joel?

Who wrote the book of Amos? Who was the author of Amos?

Who wrote the book of Obadiah? Who was the author of Obadiah?

Who wrote the book of Jonah? Who was the author of Jonah?

Who wrote the book of Micah? Who was the author of Micah?

Who wrote the book of Nahum? Who was the author of Nahum?

Who wrote the book of Habakkuk? Who was the author of Habakkuk?

Who wrote the book of Zephaniah? Who was the author of Zephaniah?

Who wrote the book of Haggai? Who was the author of Haggai?

Who wrote the book of Zechariah? Who was the author of Zechariah?

Who wrote the book of Malachi? Who was the author of Malachi?

Who wrote the book of Matthew? Who was the author of Matthew?

Who wrote the book of Mark? Who was the author of Mark?

Who wrote the book of Luke? Who was the author of Luke?

Who wrote the book of John? Who was the author of John?

Who wrote the book of Acts? Who was the author of Acts?

Who wrote the book of Romans? Who was the author of Romans?

Who wrote the book of 1 Corinthians? Who was the author of 1 Corinthians?

Who wrote the book of 2 Corinthians? Who was the author of 2 Corinthians?

Who wrote the book of Galatians? Who was the author of Galatians?

Who wrote the book of Ephesians? Who was the author of Ephesians?

Who wrote the book of Philippians? Who was the author of Philippians?

Who wrote the book of Colossians? Who was the author of Colossians?

Who wrote the book of 1 Thessalonians? Who was the author of 1 Thessalonians?

Who wrote the book of 2 Thessalonians? Who was the author of 2 Thessalonians?

Who wrote the book of 1 Timothy? Who was the author of 1 Timothy?

Who wrote the book of 2 Timothy? Who was the author of 2 Timothy?

Who wrote the book of Titus? Who was the author of Titus?

Who wrote the book of Philemon? Who was the author of Philemon?

Who wrote the book of Hebrews? Who was the author of Hebrews?

Who wrote the book of James? Who was the author of James?

Who wrote the book of 1 Peter? Who was the author of 1 Peter?

Who wrote the book of 2 Peter? Who was the author of 2 Peter?

Who wrote the book of 1 John? Who was the author of 1 John?

Who wrote the book of 2 John? Who was the author of 2 John?

Who wrote the book of 3 John? Who was the author of 3 John?

Who wrote the book of Jude? Who was the author of Jude?

Who wrote the book of Revelation? Who was the author of Revelation?

Date of Authorship

When was Genesis written?

When was Exodus written?

When was Leviticus written?

When was Numbers written?

When was Deuteronomy written?

When was Joshua written?

When was Judges written?



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