Books in the 1611 King James Bible Quiz

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The KJV is an English translation of the Bible commissioned in 1604 under the sponsorship of King James VI and I, published in 1611. It contained 39 Old Testament books, 14 books of Apocrypha, and 27 New Testament books.

Judith, Tobit, Baruch, Wisdom, 2 Esdras, and Ecclesiasticus are books of the Apocrypha, which were included in the 1611 KJV. According to the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, these books are considered useful for edification, but are not considered appropriate as a source of doctrine: "The other books the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth not apply them to establish any doctrine."

Ruth, Esther, Micha, Proverbs, Psalms, and Malachi are books of the Old Testament, while Philemon, Jude, James, 1 Peter, 3 John, the Gospel of Mark, the Gospel of Luke, and Revelation are New Testament books.

Enoch is part of what is called "Pseudepigrapha" (or "false writings"). Some were written by Jewish Hellnizers, others by early Christians, but they are not considered a part of the Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish Bible canons. 1 Enoch (or the Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch) is of Jewish origin and is thought to have been written between 200 BCE and 50 BCE.

There is a Prayer of Manasseh in the Apocrypha, but no Prayer of Melchizedek. The Story of Melchizedek (also known as the History of Melchizedek), however, is a pseudepigraphal book written originally in Greek. It takes its name from the king and priest mentioned in Genesis 14:18-20.

There is no book of Paul, though Paul wrote many of the books of the New Testament. There is no 3 Peter, though there is a 1 Peter and a 2 Peter in the New Testament.

The Gospel of Thomas is a Coptic-language collection of extra-canonical sayings of Jesus discovered in 1945 near Nag Hammadi, Egypt. It was written sometime between 60 and 250 CE.