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The Holy Bible of the Christian faith is as old as the religion itself, dating back to either the year 1 B.C. or 1 A.D. At least, the original version of The Bible. The versions we have now are abridged versions, meaning there are some things left out and other things that were put in.

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What is the old testamant?

The Old Testament is the part of the Christian Bible that is based on the Tanach (Jewish Bible). The Christian Old Testament is not the same as the Tanach though, because it was altered to support the teachings of Christianity.


How many books are in the old testament christian bible?

39


How many books are in the new and Old Testament bible?

It depends if it's a Christian or Catholic Bible, but the standard Christian Bible has 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament, totaling 66 books.


Is the Book Job in the Christian Bible?

Yes, Job is in the Old Testament of the Bible just before Psalms.


What are the two divisions of the Christian Bible?

The Old Testament and the New Testament.


Is the Holy Bible the same as the Hebrew Bible?

No. The Christian Bible contains the Hebrew scriptures in what we call the Old Testament. Christ and his teachings and the works of the Apostles are in the New Testament. Additionally, there are translation differences, additions, and order-changes between the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh and the Christian Old Testament.


How much books are in the Bible?

In the Christian Bible there are 66 books. 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.


Why are the books of the Torah also in the Old Testament of the Bible?

Not only are the books of the Torah found in the Christian Old Testament, all of the books of the Tanach (Jewish Bible) are found in the Old Testament because the Christian Church incorporated the Tanach into its religion. However, the Christian Old Testament was greatly modified to support the teachings of the Church.


What is Christian sacred text?

The Bible, comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament


When did the division by Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible start?

when jesus was crufied


Catholics and Christians Bible?

Roman Catholic AnswerNo difference, Catholic and Christian is the same thing. I imagine that you are asking the difference between a Catholic/Christian Bible and a protestant Bible, which protestants may refer to as a Christian Bible. Protestants have removed a number of books from the Old Testament as they were uncomfortable with not believing things that the Bible said, so they changed the Bible.


What do the Jewish and christian bible both contain?

There isn't so much a Jewish Bible, as there is the Tanakh, and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible is effectively the same as the Tanakh. This results from the fact that Christianity originated as a Jewish sect.