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Which books contain the prophets message the New Testament or Old?
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The Old Testament contains the Prophets of our Father
The New Testament contains the writings about Christ and the Apostles
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How are the books of the Old Testament classified?
They are the books of Jewish history of kings and their deeds as well as prophets and their prophecies.
How many books are in the New Testament of Catholics bible?
Catholic bibles and Protestant bibles contain the same 27 books in the New Testament.
What are the books in the Old Testament about?
The old testament is made of the history of the Jews and the prophecies of the prophets , and life of the Jews under king.
What are the five divisions of the Old Testament?
The five groups are: # The Law Books or Books of Moses # Historical Books # Poetical Books # Major Prophets # Minor Prophets * Sometimes the last two groups are regarded as one division.
How many are in the Old Testament?
The question is not clear at all. How many prophets, books, miracles, leaders are you asking about.
What are the five sections of the Old Testament called?
They are: Books of Law, Books of History, Books of Poetry, Major Prophets, and Minor Prophets.
What are the categories of Old Testament?
In Jewish tradition, there are three categories in the Old Testament: the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings. In the Christian Old Testament, we have the books of the law, the books of history, the books of poetry, the major prophets, and the minor prophet. There are 39 books in the Old Testament.
What section of the Old Testament is Jonah in?
The minor prophets (minor because their books are short, while the major prophets books are long).
How are the books of the Old Testament classified?
They are the books of Jewish history of kings and their deeds as well as prophets and their prophecies.
Why were Elijah and Elisha excluded from the list of canonical prophets?
The lives of Elijah and Elisha are written in the books of 1 and 2 Kings. The major prophets is a classification of those prophets that wrote books in the Bible namely Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets are the names of prophets described in the last book of the Nevi'im, the second main division of the Jewish Tanakh. This book was broken each into separate books by the name of the Prophet in the Christian Old Testament. For this reason Elijah and Elisha are neither "major" prophets or "minor" prophets, which refer to the length of the books by the prophets name not the importance of the prophet or its message.
What are the books in the Old Testament about?
The old testament is made of the history of the Jews and the prophecies of the prophets , and life of the Jews under king.
How many books are in the New Testament of Catholics bible?
Catholic bibles and Protestant bibles contain the same 27 books in the New Testament.
Are Ezra and Nehemiah prophetic books?
Yes both are prophets and each have books in the old testament bearing their names.
Difference of major and minor prophets?
The classification of "Major" or "Minor Prophets" refers to the length of the book by that prophet's name, so in strict terms prophets (the people) aren't classified as "major" or "minor". This classification is used with prophetic books in the Old Testament. There are twelve shorter books collectively referred to as the "Minor Prophets" and the remaining prophetic books in the Old Testament are considerably longer in length and referred to as "Major Prophets".
How was the structured?
new and Old Testament, books 1-5 Pentateuch, books 6-16 History, books 17-22 books of poetry or wisdom, books 23-27 Major Prophets, Books 28-39 Minor Prophets; New Testament books 1-4 The Gospels, books 5-26 Epistles, book 27 Apocalyptic
Do Protestants have the same prophets as Catholic?
Roman Catholic AnswerTo the extent that they have the same Old Testament, they have the same "prophets", although the protestants threw out seven books from the Bible, so the prophets in those books, they would not have.
What are the five divisions of the Old Testament?
The five groups are: # The Law Books or Books of Moses # Historical Books # Poetical Books # Major Prophets # Minor Prophets * Sometimes the last two groups are regarded as one division.
