The books that form what is now known as the Bible were not originally written in order to be included in a 'Bible'. They were simply written to meet the religious or political purposes of their times. When, later, the concept of a collection of books, a 'Bible', came to the fore, some books were included and some were not.Until the first Bibles were compiled, there were no books in the Bible, to be taken out. It was merely a case of which of the many hundreds of potentially suitable books would be included, and which would not.Having said that, the Catholic Church included, and still includes, 15 'Deuterocanonical' books in its Old Testament. These were not included in the Hebrew Bible and, on the precedent of the Hebrew Bible, are not included in the Protestant Bible. Even the Catholic Church regards the Deuterocanonical books as not inspired in the same way as the canonical books are.
The books that are not included in the Bible are generally called the apocrypha and the pseudepigrapha.
The Bible is a compilation of books. Each religion determines what books they want included in theirs. I know of at least 50 or more books that belong in the Bible but are not included because they make mention of Jesus' brothers and the fact that he was married.
There are 14 books considered apocryphal in the King James Version of the Bible. These books are not included in the Protestant canon but are included in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons.
Go to any (liberal) Christian bookstore and get a copy of "The Apocrypha". It is by definition the books "not included in the bible".
The apocrypha was NOT included in the Bible. These are the books rejected by Jews who cannonized the scriptures.
There are 66 books of the bible.
There are 66 books within the bible.
If God wanted them in the Bible they would not have been lost .
If you are asking how many books are in the bible there are 66 books. I believe 39 in the old and 27 in the new or it could be vice versa66 Books are in the Bible...
There are 66 books in the Christian Bible.
There are 73 books total in the Bible.