WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Christian Bible has two sections, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith, written at different times between about 1200 and 165 BC. The New Testament books were written by Christians in the first century AD.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament. There are 260 chapters in the New Testament. This gives a total of 1, 189 chapters (on average, 18 per book). Psalm 117, the shortest chapter, is also the middle chapter of the Bible, being the 595th Chapter.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Old Testament of the Bible is organized into four major sections. These sections are known as the Pentateuch, the Historical Books, the Wisdom Books, and the Prophetic Books-subdivided into the Major and Minor Prophets.

Detailed explanation-4: -The New Testament contains 27 books written in Greek by 15 or 16 different authors between 50 C.E and 120 C.E. It can be divided into 4 groups: Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Epistles, and Apocalypse. The New Testament contains 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.