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These 66 books are shared across the main Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox collections. Catholic and Orthodox Bibles also include other writings, and their lists and arrangements vary. Explore those differences. The groups below follow our reading categories; Lamentations appears with poetry and wisdom.
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The first five books
Beginnings, liberation, worship, and instruction.
Historical books
Families, rulers, exile, and rebuilding.
Poetry and wisdom
Love, grief, worship, suffering, and the search for a good life.
The prophets
Warning, justice, faithfulness, and hope.
The four Gospels
Four accounts of Jesus, each with a distinctive voice.
Acts
The early Jesus movement from Jerusalem toward Rome.
The letters
Conversations with communities and individuals.
Revelation
A letter and prophetic visions of a world made new.