“The word” Bible “refers to the Old and New Testaments that are recognized and used in Christian churches. Judaism only accepts the Old Testament.

There is only one Bible that is unmatched. Because
(1) it is a revelation of God. (2) “The breath of God (2 Timothy 3:16) (3) Clarify in detail the eternal plan and purpose of God. (4) It centers on the incarnate God, Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind (Hebrews 1:1-2).

History about the Word “Bible”:

The word “bible” comes from the Greek word Biblia (‘books’), which is Biblos An acronym for (‘book’), it means the inner bark (scroll) of the papyrus reed (ancient paper) used in ancient books. Daniel 9:2 refers to the prophetic writings of the Old Testament  (ta Biblia in the Greek.).” 

Holy Bible word usage:“The preface to the Ecclesiasticus (apocryphal book around 130 BC) called the Old Testament writings” the apart from the law and the prophets as “rest of the books”. The author of 1 Maccabees (another apocryphal book) referred to them as “holy books” “(1 Maccabees 12: 9).
The word usage passed to the Christian writings (2 Clement 14: 2 which is an early Christian writing book) and to the 5th century. It began to apply and refer to the entire Bible as Holy Bible after the Christian era Jerome (400 AD) is called Bibliotheca Divina (‘Sacred Library’). “

The bible word usage:” In the 13th century, “the Books” became by common consent “The Book” (Biblia), After universal agreement. These words were introduced into European languages ​​as “The Bible” (Westcott, The Bible in the Church, p. 5). Facts have shown that the evolution of the word “holy books” from a plural concept to a singular concept “The bible” was based on emphasizing the unity of 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament. Different names of the Bible:

• Our Lord habitually calls the books of the Old Testament “the Scriptures“(Matthew 21:42; Mark 14:49; John 5:39). 
• His followers did the same (Luke 24:32; Acts 18:24; Romans 15: 4). 
• Paul referred to them as “Sacred Writings” (2 Timothy 3:15 RSV), “the Holy Scriptures” (Romans 1: 2), and “The very words of God” (Romans 3: 2). 
• Jesus called them “the Law of Moses, and the Prophets and the Psalms” (Luke 24:44), echoing the formal arrangements in Hebrew. 
• The Old Testament is more simply called “the law and the prophets” (see Matthew 5:17; 11:13; Acts 13:15). 
• More simply, the term “law” refers to the Old Testament (John 10:34; 12:34; 15:25; 1 Corinthians 14:21). 
• In the latter category, Peter refers to Paul’s epistles as ‘Scriptures’ (2 Pet 3:16). 
• There is no complete biblical name for the complete body of Scripture. The only Scriptures known at the time were the Old Testament and the first books of the New Testament. In the last category, Peter refers to Paul’s letters as the “‘Scriptures’ ” (2 Peter 3:16). 

The terms “Old Testament” and “New Testament” Usage:

From the end of the second century. The terms “Old Testament” and “New Testament” have been used to differentiate the Hebrew from the Christian Scriptures.
The formal collection of Christian writings was made after the middle of the 2nd century. was called the New Testament. This collection was placed alongside the Hebrew canonical books as of equal inspiration and authority. The Hebrew Scriptures were then called the Old Testament. 
Tertullian, an early Latin father (c. 200), first employed the term Novum Testamentum. Thereafter it came into general use, and the concept of a Christian Bible was crystallized.Scriptural meaning of New Testament and Old testament:Applied to the Scriptures the terms Old Testament and New Testament mean strictly Old and New Covenant. The Word Covenant (Heb. berith; Greek. diatheke) is a continuation of the OT designation for the Mosaic law, the book of the covenant (2 Kgs 23:2). 
Paul in this sense speaks of reading ‘the old covenant’ (2 Cor 3:14).Similarly, the NT use of diatheke is not testament or will (except in Heb 9:16, 17), as in classical Greek, but covenant. 
It is important to note that even within the New Testament, many of the events recorded (e.g. the majority of the four gospels) occurred under the Old Covenant. 
Not until Christ’s death, attended by the tearing of the curtain which separated the holy place from the most holy place (Mt 27:51), did the legal age end, and the new testament (covenant) actually begin.”

“A meadow of papyrus reeds on an Egyptian papyrus. The word ‘Bible’ is from a Greek word meaning the inner bark of papyrus reed.”

Book Facts

• The Bible has 66 Books
• The Old Testament consist of 39 Books
• The New Testament consist of 27 Books
• 5 Books have 1 Chapter:   Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, & Jude
• Psalms is the longest Book, with 150 chapters
• 3 John is the shortest Book, with 1 chapter, and the least words

Chapter Facts

• The Bible has 1,189 chapters
• The Old Testament has 929 chapters
• The New Testament has 260 chapters
• The longest chapter is Psalms 119 (176 verses)
• The shortest chapter is Psalms 117 (2 verses)
• The middle chapter of the Bible is Psalms 117
• The middle chapter of the Old Testament is Job 29
• The middle chapter of the New Testament is Romans 13

Verse Facts

• The Bible has 31,101 verses
• The Old Testament consist of 23,144 verses
• The New Testament consist of 7,957 verses
• The middle verse of the Bible is Psalms 103:2
• The middle verse of the Old Testament is 2 Chronicles 18:30
• The middle verse of the New Testament is Acts 7:7
• The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35, it says “Jesus wept”
• The longest verse in the Bible is Esther 8:9

Languages of Bible, History of Bible books order, arrangement and division:

The Old Testament was written almost entirely in Hebrew, which is a Semitic dialect similar to Phoenician and Ugaritic. The only part that is written in Aramaic (another Semitic language similar to Hebrew) Ezr 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26; Dan 2:4-7:28, and Jer 10:11. The New Testament is written entirely in Greek. Archaeology shows that this is the common daily language (koine) of the contemporary Graeco-Roman world.

Preface to the Old Hebrew Testament:
The canonical books in the modern Hebrew Bible are 24 in number divided into three parts

• The law (Torah),
• the prophets (Nebiim),
• and the writings (Ketubim), also called “Psalms” (Luke 24:44).

Old Testament classification during ancient times until Christ:
This division is ancient, and this is clearly implicit in the preface to the Apocrypha to Ecclesiastes (180 BC), Philo(Philo of Alexandria also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.) knew it and was mentioned by our Lord (Luke 24:44).

Old Testament classification during early Christian Century:However, in the early Christian century, the triple division has undergone some obvious changes from the second part to the third part of the book.
The form as it has come down to us from the Masoretic period (c. 600-900 A.D.) is as follows:
1. The Law (Torah), 5 books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
2. The Prophets (Nebiim), 8 books:

Former Prophets, 4 books: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings
Latter Prophets, 4 books: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel

the Twelve 12 minor prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

3. The Writings, 11 books: Poetical Books, 3 books: Psalms, Proverbs, Job The Scrolls (Megilloth: “Scrolls of the Megilloth” is a term in the Old Testament that means The Five Scrolls (Five Megillot): Ruth, Esther, Song of Solomon, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastes.),
5 books: Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther
Prophetic-Historical Books, 3 books: Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles

Old Testament arrangement in the Bible:
Josephus expressed the current Jewish views of the first century. As per Josephus: it is a total of 22 books (5 books of the Law, 13 books of the Prophets, 4 books of the writings) instead of the next 24 books.
The Book of the Law includes Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The 13 prophetic books of Josephus include all the historical and prophetic verses, each of which counts as one book: Judges-Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, and Ezra-Nehemiah, Jeremiah-Lamentations, and the Twelve Minor Prophets (7 books in total).
Josephus is also included in the prophets Joshua, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Job, and Esther. In his writings, he placed Psalms, Proverbs, Canticles, and Ecclesiastes.

Canticles refer to sacred songs which are as follows:

• “Canticle of Moses” (Exodus 15:1-19).
• “Canticle of Moses” (Deuteronomy 32:1-43).
• “Canticle of Isaiah the Prophet” (Isaiah 12).
• “Canticle of the Three Children” (Daniel 3:57).
• “Canticle of Ezechias” (Isaiah 38:10-20).
• “Canticle of Anna” (1 Samuel 2:1-10).
• “Canticle of Habacuc” (Hab 3:2-19).
• “Canticle of Zachary” (Luke 1:68-79),
• “Canticle of the Mother Mary” (Luke 1:46-55),
• “Canticle of Simeon” (Luke 2:29-32)

Therefore, the 22 books of Josephus are only books of the Hebrew canon (not including the Apocrypha). Their arrangement in the 22 books (number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet) clearly represents an order prior to that of the rabbinic arrangement in the 24 books of the modern Hebrew Bible.

Melito of Sardis (170 AD), Origen (250 AD) and Jerome (400 AD) followed the Jewish authorities to confirm the 22 volumes of Josephus and made some changes to the enumeration. 
Jerome was also familiar with the rabbinic 24-book division, which was obtained by separating Ruth from Judges and Lamentations from Jeremiah leading to the final arrangements of the Old Testament in the modern-day bibles.

Bible books:

Historical
17 Books

Law of Moses
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Poetical: 5 Books
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs

Biographical: 4 Books
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

Historical: 1 book
Acts

Pedagogical: 21 Books
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
The 66 Books of the Bible
(English order)
Prophetic:17 Books
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Note on the 39 Books of the Old Testament.
The content of the English Old Testament is the same as the Hebrew text. The only difference is the arrangement of materials(books). English translators follow the order of the books in the Septuagint (Greek) translated around 280-150 BC. Roman Catholics followed the translation of the Septuagint and included 11 Apocrypha books.

Notes on the 27 books of the New Testament. The Gospels, although their creation time(written) is later than many epistles, for chronological reasons, they are completely placed before Acts and epistles. The cataloging of life on earth and the ministry of our Lord naturally precedes the book of Acts, which describes the formation and history of the early church. 
The 21 letters include Thirteen letters were written by Paul, One (Hebrew) was written anonymously to Hebrew Christians, and the other (James) was also written to the twelve tribes in the diaspora. Two of them came from Peter, three letters are from John and one is from Jude. James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John and Judas are called Catholic epistles. 
Revelation, the cornerstone and pinnacle of biblical prophecy, completes the books of the New Testament.

Authority of the Bible

Authority resides in the inspired word of God (the Bible) interpreted by the Spirit of God working through spirit-taught human agents. Orthodox Protestantism differs from Catholicism in that it claims no authority other than Canonical Scripture as the voice of the Holy Spirit.

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During the Middle Ages, through the episcopacy, the Church of Rome concentrated all authority on itself, assuming that the Magisterium held the key to the interpretation of Scripture and divine laws. This movement culminated in the Decree of Papal Infallibility of 1870, which establishes that “the Roman Pope, speaking ex-cathedra, possesses the infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer has endowed his Church by defining a doctrine of faith or morality.”

The liberal wings of Protestantism and Neo-orthodox deny the ultimate authority to the Scriptures as infallible and infallible, replacing it with an internal authority such as feeling, conscience, experience, “Christ speaks through the Holy Spirit,” etc.

Jesus Christ, the unifying theme of the Bible:

Although the Bible consists of 66 books (39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament), it is nevertheless one book. The unifying theme of Scripture is Christ. 

• The Old Testament prepares Jesus Christ and predicts Jesus Christ both in different types and in prophecy.
• The Gospels present him as the redeemer in divine-human manifestation.
• The Acts of the Apostles describe how he was preached and how his gospel spread throughout the world. The letters explain his work of redemption.
• Revelation reveals Jesus Christ as the culmination of all God’s plans and purposes.

From the offspring of the woman (Gen 3:15), promised in Paradise lost, to the ‘Alpha and Omega’ (Revelation 22:13), recovered in Paradise, Jesus Christ, is the beginning and the end ‘,’ the first and the last in the ways revealed by God with man.

The Purpose of the Bible:
 The Bible was given to bear witness to one God, Creator and Sustainer of the universe, through Christ, the Redeemer of sinful man. It presents an ongoing story: that of human salvation. This story is progressive development of the central truth of the Bible that God, in his eternal counsels, must become man in Jesus Christ to redeem fallen man. 

 The development of this central truth of salvation is demonstrated through history, prophecy, type, and symbol. This revelation of human redemption through Christ orients man within the larger framework of God’s plans for him in ages and divine purpose for him in eternity.