One way of classifying the books of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible) is:
1) The Torah itself (which stands above the other books)
2) Books that chronicle historical events (such as Samuel and Judges)
3) Books of prophecy or mostly prophecy (such as Isaiah); and
4) Books of parables, songs and contemplation (Proverbs, Song of Songs, Job).
You could say History, Poetry, praise kings.
Answer:Historical, poetic, and prophetic. If there is a fourth category, it's probably a sub category of one of these three.There is no name for the first four books of the Old Testament, the first five are jointly considered "the Law", "the Pentateuch", or "the Torah".
The Torah, if I'm not mistaken.
"Pentateuch" is a term for the first five books of the Old Testament.
The Greek name given to the first five books of the Old Testament is "Pentateuch."
The bible is split into two halves, the Old testament and the New testament. The first chapter in the Old testament is called Genesis. Beyond that, the first five books of the Old Testament are called by many names(The Pentateuch, The Torah, The Books of Moses) followed by the Nebi'im (stories of the prophets and their call to God), and finally the Kethubi'im (the writings such as the book of Psalms).
It didn't get "added" - the Bible is made up of the old Jewish books (what we call the Old Testament) and the books which concern Christ and the works and writings of his apostles. (what we call the New Testament). So there was no "Bible" before the New Testament.
The Torah is the first five books of the Old Testament.
There are a total of 39 books in the old testament . Genesis is the first book and Malachi is the last book.
The name of the first five books in the old testament are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.The first five books in the new testament are Matthew, Mark, Luke , John and Acts.
The first part of the Bible, known as the Old Testament, consists of 39 books.
39 Books in the Old Testament 39 Books in the Old Testament
The Jews claim that there are 613 Laws in the First Five Books of the Old Testament.
There are 39 books in the Old Testament