The Bible: The Four Books Of The New Testament

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The Bible is not just a book, it is a collection of books. The New Testament chronicles the life and times of Jesus Christ the Messiah and after his death (Harris, 2014). These books can be divided up into different genres or categories based on their author and/or subject matter. At least four genres can be found, the gospels, historical, letters, and apocalyptic. The first genre appears in the first four books of the bible, the gospels, which “Gospel” translates to the Greek word evangelion which means “good news.”. The evangelical writings found in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are not quite considered historical writings, nor are they considered a biography. Each book gives the accounts of the life of Jesus Christ, furthermore, the