Tabbing The Books of The Bible

Above you can see the division of books by font, below by pattern and color.

       I tabbed the books of my note takers Bible according to the traditional division of books. (included below) This helps me to remember the purposes, authors and history of those who the scripture was transcribed through by God. When I am speaking with students, it also helps me to access sample pages quickly.

       I backed each tab with a different patterned paper/color so that I could see the divisions of the books from the backside of my Bible as well.

       Each division is also made obvious by a different font too.

Old Testament Divisions of Books:

• The First 5 Books: The first five books of the Bible are known as the Pentateuch which is Greek for "five scrolls": Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
• The Following 12 Books are History Books: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther
• The Next 5 are referred to as The Wisdom Books: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon
• Then come the 5 Major Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel
• Followed by the 12 Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

New Testament Division of Books:

• The first four books are known as The Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
• The book of Acts is the History of the Apostles
• Then the following 13 books are Paul's epistles: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon.
• The book of Hebrews is the New Testament book that scholars don't agree on the authorship of it.
• The 7 General Epistles then are as follows: James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude
• The last book of the New Testament is the Book of Revelation and it is by the Apostle John.

This artist tabs her illustrated entries.

 I tab the books of the Bible because I'm a teacher. 

You can choose to tab the scripture for any purpose

that suites your needs. There is no right or wrong

way to do this procedure.