How many books does the Old Testament Comprise Of?

Answer 1

A:Probably a minority of Christians and Jews would say that all the books of the Old Testament were inspired by God. Some Jews would certainly say the Torah (Pentateuch) was, but perhaps reserve judgement on some of the other books. At the other end of the spectrum would be those who believe that the authors might have been inspired in a spiritual sense, but not guided or inspired by God.

If the books of the Old Testament are the very word of God, we can expect no doublets, no scientific or historical errors and no contradictions anywhere in the entire Old Testament. Moreover, none of the Old Testament should be found to have close parallels to earlier Egyptian or Mesopotamian texts. Since there are indeed many doublets, errors and contradictions, and there are passages that do appear to have been derived from earlier pagan teachings, then the Old Testament is not the word of God in a literal sense. In the usual meaning of the term, none of the Old Testament books were inspired by God.

Answer 2

The old testament has 39 books.

Additional Information:

God's Divine ordering of the OT was to have 22 books. Politics of man ruled the day afterwards :)

Answer 3

37