Books of the Bible Quiz

Question 1

What does the Books of the Bible quiz test?

Accepted Answer

This quiz tests knowledge of the 66 books of the Bible — including how many books are in each Testament, the literary genres (historical, prophetic, wisdom, epistle), key authors, chapter counts, and distinctive content of specific books such as the shortest book (Obadiah, 21 verses) and the longest (Psalms, 150 chapters).

Question 2

How many books are in the entire Bible?

Accepted Answer

The Protestant Bible contains 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The Catholic Bible has 73 books, adding 7 deuterocanonical (Apocryphal) books: Tobit, Judith, 1-2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch. The Eastern Orthodox Bible includes additional texts.

Question 3

What is the shortest book in the Bible?

Accepted Answer

The shortest book in the Old Testament is Obadiah (21 verses, 1 chapter). The shortest book in the New Testament is 3 John (219 Greek words, 14 verses). Both Obadiah and 3 John are single-chapter books.

Question 4

What is the longest book in the Bible?

Accepted Answer

Psalms has 150 chapters, making it the longest book in the Bible by chapter count. Jeremiah is the longest book by word count in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, Luke and Acts (both by Luke) are the longest books, together comprising about 27% of the entire New Testament.

Books of the Bible Quiz

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