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The broad groupings of The Bible are seven: The Books of Moses, the Psalms, the Prophets, the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles and the Revelation.

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The 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures (OT) are divided into three primary sections:
(1) Historic, Genesis to Esther, containing 17 books;
(2) Poetic, Job to The Song of Solomon, another 5 books;
(3) Prophetic, Isaiah to Malachi, 17 books.
These divisions are general, since the historical section also contains poetry
(Genesis 2:23; 4:23, 24; 9:25-27; Exodus 15:1-19, 21; Judges 5) and prophecy
(Genesis 3:15; 22:15-18; 2Samuel 7:11-16);
The poetic section contains historical material (Job 1:1-2:13; 42:7-17) as well as prophetic (Psalms 2:1-9; 110:1-7);
and the prophetic section contains historical and poetic entries (Isaiah 7:1, 2; Jeremiah 37:11-39:14; 40:7-43:7).

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The Bible are divided into two sections, the Old and the New Testament.

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Jesus broke down the Old Testament into three sections: "the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms." (Luke 24:44)

The New Testament has been broken down by some into four: "the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters, and Revelation."

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The Bible should not be divided. Man divided the Bible and God is trying to restore it.

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Jesus breaks, what we call the 'Old Testament' today, down into three divisions: the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms [Luke 24:44].

The 'New Testament' probably breaks down into four divisions: the Gospels, the Acts, the Letters and the Revelation... making a total of seven divisions of the Bible.

To squeeze that into two main sections probably gravitates to, simply, the 'Old and New Testaments.'

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The Jewish Bible is the Tanakh, which contains the following (all in the original Hebrew):


The Torah (the Five Books of Moses):According to tradition, the Torah was given by God to Moses (Exodus 24:12) in 1312 BCE. Moses taught it to the people (Exodus ch.34), and put it in writing before his death (Deuteronomy 31:24) in 1272 BCE. (See: more about Moses)
Nevi'im (the Prophets):

Jewish tradition (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b) states that the prophetic books were written by the authors whose names they bear: Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, etc. Judges was written by Samuel, and Kings was written by Jeremiah. The prophetic books were written in the time of the prophets, from the 1200s BCE (Joshua) to the mid-300s BCE (Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi).

See: More about Samuel, and see: How many Isaiahs?


Ketuvim (the Writings):

Jewish tradition (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b) states that the Writings were written by the authors whose names they bear: Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah. Ruth was written by Samuel; Lamentations was written by Jeremiah; Psalms was set in writing by King David; Chronicles was written by Ezra; Proverbs, Song of Songs and Kohellet (Ecclesiastes) were written by King Solomon; and Esther was written by Mordecai andEsther. The Writings were written between 900 BCE (Ruth) to the mid-300s BCE (Esther, Daniel, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah).
Concerning Job, the Talmud states more than one opinion as to when it was written.


Hebrew Bible Canon:

Our tradition is that from the time of the First Destruction, God's presence was no longer felt as clearly as before (see Deuteronomy 31:17-18). In addition, exile is not conducive to prophecy (Mechilta, parshat Bo). At that time, the last of the prophets realized that prophecy would soon cease; and that the dispersal of the Jewish people, plus the almost continuous tribulations from the First Destruction onward, made it imperative to seal the canon of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). The Sages of the time, including the last living prophets, convened a special synod for a couple of decades, which was called the Men of the Great Assembly (Mishna, Avot ch.1). This group, who functioned around 340 BCE, composed the blessings and the basic prayers of the siddur (prayerbook) and the early portions of the Passover Haggadah, made many of the Rabbinical decrees, and (most importantly) sealed the canon of the Tanakh. It was they, for example, who set the twelve Minor Prophets as (halakhically) a single book, and who set the books of the Tanakh in their traditional order (see Talmud, Bava Batra 14b). It was the Men of the Great Assembly whom Esther had to approach when she felt that the Divinely inspired Scroll of Esther should be included in the canon (see Talmud, Megilla 7a).
Since the sealing of the Tanakh, no Jewish sage has ever claimed prophecy.


Order of the Tanakh's books:
The Hebrew Bible is in chronological order: first the five books of the Torah, since they were given before any of the other prophetic books. Then Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings in that order, since that is chronological. Ruth (and others) could be before Kings, but we keep the Prophets and Writings separate.
After Kings, we have Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, which is in chronological order. All three of them lived well after the kings had already started.
The Twelve Minor Prophets, who also lived during the latter part of the era of the Kings, are gathered together in a single book of their own.
Then we have the Writings. Psalms, Proverbs and Job are together since they (and none of the other books) are a specific type of poetry ("Taamei Emet", with special trope).
The Five Megillot (Song of Songs, Ruth, Eichah, Kohellet, Esther) are together, in the order in which they're read in the synagogue.
Finally, the books of Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles were written in the end of the prophetic period.


Importance of the Tanakh:

The Tanakh is important because it tells the history of the ancient Israelites, as well as giving us the teachings of the Israelite prophets and kings, and the laws, ethics and beliefs of the Jewish religion.Our tradition is that the Hebrew Bible is from God (Exodus 24:12), given to us to provide knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism. It crystallized, strengthened and codified our beliefs; insured our awareness and knowledge of our identity and history; and provided powerful impetus to be ethical.
It made us stand in awe of God, while also providing optimism and comfort through the prophecies of redemption. It inspired us to strive for holiness and informed us how to pray and to approach God's presence.
And it set detailed laws, practices and traditions for The Jewish people forever.

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their are 26 different sections of the bible apparently but i don't no what they are :)

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History, letters, prophecy, poetry and the gospels

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