The number of books in the Bible depends on the religious tradition:
- The most common Christian Bible, such as the Protestant Bible, contains 66 books in total: 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament
- The Jewish Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) has 24 books , arranged differently but covering much of the same content as the Christian Old Testament, which has 39 books due to splitting some books into multiple parts
- The Roman Catholic Bible includes 73 books , adding 7 more to the Protestant canon, known as the deuterocanonical books
- Eastern Orthodox Bibles may have even more books, typically between 75 and 79, depending on the tradition
In summary, the standard Protestant Bible has 66 books, but other Christian traditions include additional books, and the Jewish Bible has fewer books due to different grouping.
