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The extra group of books are called the Apocrypha or deuterocanonical by Catholics.
These "extra" Old Testament books include Tobit, Judith, Maccabees, Sirach, and several others.
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How many books does the Bible have?
The Protestant Bible has 66 books in total and Catholic Bible has 73 books. The Protestant Old Testament has 39 books. The Catholic Old Testament includes 7 additional books (e.g. Baruch, Tobit, Judith, etc.) in additional to extra chapters in book of Daniel. The Hebrew Bible includes the same books as the Protestant Old Testament but combines a number of books (e.g. Twelve minor prophet books are a single book). And the New testament has 27 books both in the Protestant and Catholic Bibles.
Does the protestant Old Testament contain the same books as the Hebrew bible?
It depends on the denomination, but the general answer is No. Even if it has only the books present in the Jewish Bible, as opposed to some deuterocanonical books, it have extra chapters in some of the later books (like Daniel) and the order in a Protestant Old Testament will certainly be different than the Jewish Bible.
What are the seven books rejected by the Protestants?
The seven "extra" books of the Catholic Bible are called Deuterocanonical books or "Apocrypha" by Protestants. Protestants do not consider these books to be part of the Canon or standard writings of Scripture.These books include:TobitJudithWisdomSirachBaruch1 Maccabees2 MaccabeesThese books are added as a separate section between the Old and New Testaments or as an appendix after the New Testament in Catholic or Eastern Orthodox bibles. Two of these books (Tobit and Sirach) were found among the Dead Sea scrolls, which represent the oldest known copy of biblical works. The book of Enoch is considered religious writing but not part of the biblical canon. This also was found in the Dead Sea scrolls so it still doesn't answer the debate about whether the 7 books are part of canon or not.
How did the Catholic Bible get seven extra books?
The seven books to which you are referring are from the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Bible that was in common use while Our Blessed Lord was preaching and teaching. Most of the Bible references in the New Testament are taken from the Septuagint. This is the Bible that the Church accepted and was translated into Latin for use by the worldwide Church. They are considered "extra" books now only by people raised in a protestant background as those who revolted against the Church in the sixteenth century rejected them due to their support of Christian teachings.
How many books are there in the Old Testament?
There are 39 books in the Protestant Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi. If there are more than that in your Bible, it is because it is a Catholic version (46), an Orthodox version, or includes the Apocrypha in the number. That is because the Septuagent was used as the source material. It contains more books than the Masoretic text and was thus not accepted as authentic by mainstream rabbinic Judaism. After the Protestant Reformation, many Protestant Bibles began to exclude the extra books which were not accepted by the Jewish community. However, some Christan Bibles include the disputed books in their own section called the Apocrypha.The Jewish Bible (from which the Old Testament is derived) only has 24 books, since the Christian Bibles split a number of the books into separate books.39 42 if you count right
How many books have the bible?
The Protestant Bible has 66 books in total and Catholic Bible has 73 books. The Protestant Old Testament has 39 books. The Catholic Old Testament includes 7 additional books (e.g. Baruch, Tobit, Judith, etc.) in additional to extra chapters in book of Daniel. The Hebrew Bible includes the same books as the Protestant Old Testament but combines a number of books (e.g. Twelve minor prophet books are a single book). And the New Testament has 27 books both in the Protestant and Catholic Bibles.
How many books does the Bible have?
The Protestant Bible has 66 books in total and Catholic Bible has 73 books. The Protestant Old Testament has 39 books. The Catholic Old Testament includes 7 additional books (e.g. Baruch, Tobit, Judith, etc.) in additional to extra chapters in book of Daniel. The Hebrew Bible includes the same books as the Protestant Old Testament but combines a number of books (e.g. Twelve minor prophet books are a single book). And the New testament has 27 books both in the Protestant and Catholic Bibles.
What are the distinguishing remarks of the catholic bible?
They have EXTRA books in them, like the Book of Tobet, 1 & 2 Maccabees which should be in the Bible and others. The 1st KJV the 1611 has all the extra books in it also. But in Daniel they have a couple extra chapter at the end where God grabs Daniel by the hair and picks him up.
What are the books of The Bible?
The Bible is separated into two main parts: the New Testament and the Old Testament. The Old Testament is separated into different parts as well. Pentateuch/LawGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyHistoricalJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahTobit *Judith *Esther1 Maccabees *2 Maccabees *Wisdom (in a Catholic Bible)/Poetical (in a Protestant Bible)JobPsalmProverbsEcclesiastesSong of Solomon (Song of Songs in the Catholic Bible)Wisdom *Sirach *PropheticalIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsBaruch *EzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi MatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation* These books are considered by Protestants to be Aprocypha and are usually not included in their Bibles. There is a dispute as to whether or not they are true scripture. Some of these books are accepted by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Bible also includes extra parts to some accepted books. An example of this is the book of David which has extra chapters.For more information, see Related Links.
How many books are in Old Testaments?
Catholics believe there are 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. Most Protestant faiths claim there are only 39 inspired books in the Old Testament but agree that there are 27 in the New Testament. The extra seven books in the Catholic versions of the Bible are called the Deutero-canonicals and include the books of Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, and 1st and 2nd Maccabees. Some Protestant versions of the Bible also include these seven books but they are not considered to be inspired by God and are generally called the Apocryphal Books.
How many books are in the Bible altogether?
In the standard Bible there are 39 Books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New testament making 66 in all. However, bibles vary as to which books are accepted as 'canonical' - accepted as scripture because of their providence and teaching. Roman Catholic Bibles differ especially in the Old Testament where certain other books (part of an additional, non-canonical section called the Apocrypha in protestant Bibles) are included. The Greek Orthodox Bible also differs slightly with the addition of extra books in the Old Testament. However, except for just a few minor differences in the letters, all New testament books are the same across the Lutheran, Protestamt, Catholic and Orthodox churches.
How many bible books have 33 or more chapters?
10 books. Bear in mind that the books of the Bible weren't originally written with chapters and verses, these were added later.
What texts are found in the Catholic Bible that are not found in the Hebrew Bible?
The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), the Acts of the Apostles, Letters from Paul (one to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, one each to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, two to Timothy, one to Titus, one to Philemon, and one to the Hebrews), the General Letters (one from James, two from Peter, three from John, and one from Jude), and the Revelation of John. These books are called thr New Testament and are also in Protestant Bibles. The Catholic Old Testament also contains these books which are not in the Hebrew Bible: the two books of Esdras, Tobit, Judith, the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus (also called Sirach), Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, and the two books of the Maccabees. Furthermore, the book of Esther are longer, and Daniel has two extra chapters (Prayer of Azariah & Song of the Three Young Men, and Bel & the Dragon). Finally, Catholic Bibles may include still more books in an appendix, such as Psalm 151, the Prayer of Manasseh, 3 Esdras, and 3 & 4 Maccabees..Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Bible is exactly the same as all other "Bibles" in the New Testament. The Old Testament is taken from the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament), which was the common Bible used by most Jews in the three centuries before Christ and up to a century after Him, although the translation was into Latin was made by St. Jerome from the Hebrew texts. Martin Luther, over a millenium later threw out the same texts that the second century Jews threw out because they supported Christian beliefs. The last sentance above "may include still more..." is erroneous, those books are found in the Orthodox Bible, not the Catholic Bible, the Catholic Bible has exactly the same books and text as the Jewish Bible had that Our Blessed Lord used, no more, no less. .Balancing ResponceWhile second century Jews stopped using the Septuagint (and books contained therein not included in the Hebrew Bible) since Christians often used it in their apologetics, they did not necessarily "throw out" books from the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew Bible never contained the books in the first place, though they certainly were present in Greek texts.The last sentence in the first post, "may include still more books", is correct. Some Catholic bibles do contain these books; however, they are not considered to be inspired, but appear for other reasons. Note that while these books may appear in the Clementine Vulgate (e.g. the Stuttgart edition), they do not appear in the current official Bible of the Catholic Church, the Nova Vulgata.It is not known for sure which books were in the scrolls Jesus used; it is quite likely that these scrolls did not contain the whole Old Testament anyway, but there may have been separate scrolls for Torah, Prophets, etc.
What are the seven books rejected by the Protestants?
The seven "extra" books of the Catholic Bible are called Deuterocanonical books or "Apocrypha" by Protestants. Protestants do not consider these books to be part of the Canon or standard writings of Scripture.These books include:TobitJudithWisdomSirachBaruch1 Maccabees2 MaccabeesThese books are added as a separate section between the Old and New Testaments or as an appendix after the New Testament in Catholic or Eastern Orthodox bibles. Two of these books (Tobit and Sirach) were found among the Dead Sea scrolls, which represent the oldest known copy of biblical works. The book of Enoch is considered religious writing but not part of the biblical canon. This also was found in the Dead Sea scrolls so it still doesn't answer the debate about whether the 7 books are part of canon or not.
Does the protestant Old Testament contain the same books as the Hebrew bible?
It depends on the denomination, but the general answer is No. Even if it has only the books present in the Jewish Bible, as opposed to some deuterocanonical books, it have extra chapters in some of the later books (like Daniel) and the order in a Protestant Old Testament will certainly be different than the Jewish Bible.
How did the Catholic Bible get seven extra books?
The seven books to which you are referring are from the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Bible that was in common use while Our Blessed Lord was preaching and teaching. Most of the Bible references in the New Testament are taken from the Septuagint. This is the Bible that the Church accepted and was translated into Latin for use by the worldwide Church. They are considered "extra" books now only by people raised in a protestant background as those who revolted against the Church in the sixteenth century rejected them due to their support of Christian teachings.
How many books are there in the Old Testament?
There are 39 books in the Protestant Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi. If there are more than that in your Bible, it is because it is a Catholic version (46), an Orthodox version, or includes the Apocrypha in the number. That is because the Septuagent was used as the source material. It contains more books than the Masoretic text and was thus not accepted as authentic by mainstream rabbinic Judaism. After the Protestant Reformation, many Protestant Bibles began to exclude the extra books which were not accepted by the Jewish community. However, some Christan Bibles include the disputed books in their own section called the Apocrypha.The Jewish Bible (from which the Old Testament is derived) only has 24 books, since the Christian Bibles split a number of the books into separate books.39 42 if you count right
