Outline of Bible-related topics

Hebrew Bible

The order of these books is different in the Christian Old Testament

Deuterocanon

• Book of Tobit
• Book of Judith
• Additions to Esther (Vulgate Esther 10:4–16:24)^[1]
• Book of Wisdom (also called the Wisdom of Solomon)
• Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus)
• Book of Baruch, including the Letter of Jeremiah (Additions to Jeremiah in the Septuagint)^[2]
• Additions to Daniel:
  • Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children (Vulgate Daniel 3:24–90)
  • Susanna (Vulgate Daniel 13, Septuagint prologue)
  • Bel and the Dragon (Vulgate Daniel 14, Septuagint epilogue)
• 1 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees

New Testament

Development

• Biblical canon
• Development of the Hebrew Bible canon
• Development of the Old Testament canon
• Development of the New Testament canon

Authorship

• Authorship of the Bible
• Mosaic authorship
• Authorship of the Pauline epistles
• Authorship of the Johannine works
• Authorship of the Petrine epistles

Interpretation

• Biblical hermeneutics
• Pesher
• Midrash
• Pardes
• Allegorical interpretation
• Biblical literalism
• Bible prophecy

Studies

• Biblical studies
• Dating the Bible
• The Bible and history
• Biblical archaeology
  • Biblical archaeology school
• Biblical criticism
  • Higher criticism
  • Textual criticism
  • Canonical criticism
• Categories of New Testament manuscripts
• Documentary hypothesis
• Internal consistency of the Bible
• List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources
• List of biblical places
• List of biblical names
• Synoptic Gospels