If you ask many Protestant Christians how many books are in the Bible, they will likely tell you that there are 66 books in the Bible – 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. However, if you ask other believers in different traditions of the Christian faith, you will likely hear a vastly different number concerning the total number of books. If you ask Catholic believers, they will tell you there are 73 books in total; Greek Orthodox believers will tell you that there are more than 75 books; and Ethiopian believers will tell you there are more than 80. So, why the discrepancy?

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