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In the Old Testament (OT) there are 3 major genre categories with subcategories totaling 10 genres. The major categories are prose, prophecy and poetry. Prose consists of law (1), narrative (2) and history (3). Prophecy consists of oracles of salvation (4), announcements of judgment (5) and apocalyptic (6). Poetry is divided into Psalms and Wisdom literature. The Psalms are […]

There are four genres in the New Testament (NT):  Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), Historical Narrative (Acts), Apocalyptic (Revelation), and Epistles (the rest of the 21 books in the NT are letters including 13 Pauline letters). In the Gospels the story of the person and work of Christ is told from differing perspectives.  The first