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There are 39 books or 46 books in the Old Testament scripture depending on which Biblical canon you accept. The Protestant Bibles have 39 books and the Catholic Bibles have 46 which include an additional 7 Apocrypha books. New Testament cannon is 27 books in both Protestant and Catholic Bibles.
The Catholic Bible has 7 more books than the Protestant Bible in the Old Testament. These books are called the deuterocanonical books or the "Apocrypha". The books of the New Testament are the same. The books include:TobitJudithSirach (Ecclesiasticus)Wisdom (or Wisdom of Solomon)Baruch1 Maccabees2 Maccabees
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In the catholic old testament there are 46 books, and in the protestant old testament there 39. The other six are considered apocrypha.-- further --the books of the Old Testament in the Catholic versions of the Bible areGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahTobitJudithEsther1 Maccabees2 MaccabeesJobPsalmsThe ProverbsEcclesiastesThe Song of SongsWisdomEcclesiasticus / SirachIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsBaruchEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi
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In the year 1611 AD, the King James Bible first appeared. It contained the usual 66 Books - 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament - with an additions section called the 'Apocrypha' containing 15 books/writings. See link below:
There are 39 books in the Protestant Old Testament. There are a few additional books in the Catholic Old Testament (e.g., Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, etc.) and the Eastern Orthodox Old Testament (e.g., 1 Esdras). The additional books are often called the Biblical apocrypha. These books are present in a few historic Protestant versions such as the German Luther Bible as did the English 1611 King James Version.
There is a total of 27.
The Bible consists of 66 books in total, divided into two main sections: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament contains 39 books, which include texts sacred to Judaism, while the New Testament has 27 books that focus on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the early Christian church. Different Christian denominations may have variations in the number of books, particularly in the Old Testament, where some include additional texts known as the Apocrypha.
None were deleted, but there are 16 books in the Apocrypha that are not in the canonized Bible.
There are a total of 27, twenty seven books in the New Testament. You may see Apocryphal (or Deuterocanonical) books in the Old Testament of Catholic and Greek Orthodox bibles such as the book of Tolbit or Judith, but you won't see Apocryphal books in the New Testament of mainstream Christian bibles.
There are 27 books in the New Testament.