66 Books of the Bible – using symmetry to memorize

I’d like to eventually memorize the names of all 66 books of the Bible.

(Update: I have now memorized the names. Additional mnemonics and memory devices are listed in the PDF below.)

Here’s the structure:

Old Testament: 17 + 5 + 17 (the 5 in the middle being the 5 poetry books)

To break it down further: 5+12 + 5 + 5+12.  The first 5 is the Law/Pentateuch.  The last 5+12 are the Prophets, major (5) and minor (12).

New Testament: After the Gospels and Acts it is 9 + 4 + 9.

9 Pauline letters to churches; 4 Pauline letters to people; 9 other letters (not by Paul)

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Mnemonics (in a PDF)

MemorizingBooksNotes <<click to open PDF (if not fully visible below)