Bible Question: Why is the Bible written in the order that it is? |
Bible Answer: The order of the Bible is almost incidental. The Hebrew OT is in a different order than the protestant. They organized it by "Holiness." The Torah was the most holy. The prophets were next, and then the other writings, ie the histories came last. The 12 minor prophets were all on one scroll, so the order was standardized. Paul's writings tended to be ordered by length. This was a classic system of ancient people that memorized huge volumes. The Koran, for example is ordered that way. Various of the first compilations of the New Testament are ordered differently. Thus, the ordering is not particularly inspired greentwiga |
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