{"id":50441,"date":"2025-09-18T20:58:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/?p=50441"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:01:36","slug":"bible-guess-the-book-of-the-holy-scriptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/bible-guess-the-book-of-the-holy-scriptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible DLE \u2013 Guess the Book of the Holy Scriptures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you enjoy biblical quizzes that also teach? This DLE challenges you to guess which book of the Bible<\/strong> is the target by crossing end dates<\/strong>, period (BC\/AD)<\/strong>, historical scope (beginning\u2013end)<\/strong>, authors<\/strong>, chapters<\/strong>, and the place<\/strong> of composition. It's a practical way to review the chronology<\/strong>, the authorship<\/strong>, and the context<\/strong> of each book \u2014 from the Pentateuch<\/strong> to the Epistles<\/strong> and the Revelation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Name<\/th>\n End date<\/th>\n Data covered (Start\u2013End)<\/th>\n Period (AC\/DC)<\/th>\n Writers<\/th>\n Number of chapters<\/th>\n Place where it was written<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
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Name<\/th>\n End date<\/th>\n Data covered (Start\u2013End)<\/th>\n Period (AC\/DC)<\/th>\n Writers<\/th>\n Number of chapters<\/th>\n Place where it was written<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
Genesis<\/td>1513<\/td>0-1657<\/td>AC<\/td>Moses<\/td>50<\/td>Desert<\/td><\/tr>\n
Exodus<\/td>1512<\/td>1657-1512<\/td>AC<\/td>Moses<\/td>40<\/td>Desert<\/td><\/tr>\n
Leviticus<\/td>1512<\/td>1512-1512<\/td>AC<\/td>Moses<\/td>27<\/td>Desert<\/td><\/tr>\n
Numbers<\/td>1473<\/td>1512-1473<\/td>AC<\/td>Moses<\/td>36<\/td>Desert, plains of Moab<\/td><\/tr>\n
Deuteronomy<\/td>1473<\/td>1473-1473<\/td>AC<\/td>Moses<\/td>34<\/td>Plains of Moab<\/td><\/tr>\n
Joshua<\/td>1450<\/td>1473-1450<\/td>AC<\/td>Joshua<\/td>24<\/td>Canaan<\/td><\/tr>\n
Judges<\/td>1100<\/td>1450-1120<\/td>AC<\/td>Samuel<\/td>21<\/td>Israel<\/td><\/tr>\n
Rute<\/td>1090<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Samuel<\/td>4<\/td>Israel<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 Samuel<\/td>1078<\/td>1180-1078<\/td>AC<\/td>Samuel, Gade, Nathan<\/td>31<\/td>Israel<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 Samuel<\/td>1040<\/td>1077-1040<\/td>AC<\/td>Look, Nat\u00e3<\/td>24<\/td>Israel<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 Kings<\/td>580<\/td>1040-911<\/td>AC<\/td>Jeremiah<\/td>22<\/td>Judah<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 Kings<\/td>580<\/td>920-580<\/td>AC<\/td>Jeremiah<\/td>25<\/td>Judah, Egypt<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 Chronicles<\/td>460<\/td>1077-1037<\/td>AC<\/td>Esdras<\/td>29<\/td>Jerusalem (?)<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 Chronicles<\/td>460<\/td>1077-537<\/td>AC<\/td>Esdras<\/td>36<\/td>Jerusalem (?)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Esdras<\/td>460<\/td>537-467<\/td>AC<\/td>Esdras<\/td>10<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Neemias<\/td>443<\/td>456-443<\/td>AC<\/td>Neemias<\/td>13<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ester<\/td>475<\/td>493-475<\/td>AC<\/td>Mordecai<\/td>10<\/td>Susan, Elam<\/td><\/tr>\n
Good<\/td>1473<\/td>1657-1473<\/td>AC<\/td>Moses<\/td>42<\/td>Desert<\/td><\/tr>\n
Psalms<\/td>460<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Davi, others<\/td>150<\/td><\/td><\/tr>\n
Proverbs<\/td>717<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Solomon, Agur, Lemuel<\/td>31<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ecclesiastes<\/td>1000<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Salomon<\/td>12<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Song of Solomon<\/td>1020<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Salomon<\/td>8<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Isaiah<\/td>732<\/td>778-732<\/td>AC<\/td>Isaiah<\/td>66<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Jeremiah<\/td>580<\/td>647-580<\/td>AC<\/td>Jeremiah<\/td>52<\/td>Judah; Egypt<\/td><\/tr>\n
Lamentations<\/td>607<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Jeremiah<\/td>5<\/td>Near Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ezequiel<\/td>591<\/td>613-591<\/td>AC<\/td>Ezequiel<\/td>48<\/td>Babylon<\/td><\/tr>\n
Daniel<\/td>536<\/td>618-536<\/td>AC<\/td>Daniel<\/td>12<\/td>Babylon<\/td><\/tr>\n
Oseias<\/td>745<\/td>804-745<\/td>AC<\/td>Oseias<\/td>14<\/td>Samaria (District of)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Joel<\/td>820<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Joel<\/td>3<\/td>Judah<\/td><\/tr>\n
Amos<\/td>804<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Amos<\/td>9<\/td>Judah<\/td><\/tr>\n
Obadiah<\/td>607<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Obadiah<\/td>1<\/td><\/td><\/tr>\n
Jonas<\/td>844<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Jonas<\/td>4<\/td><\/td><\/tr>\n
Micaiah<\/td>717<\/td>777-717<\/td>AC<\/td>Micaiah<\/td>7<\/td>Judah<\/td><\/tr>\n
Naum<\/td>632<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Naum<\/td>3<\/td>Judah<\/td><\/tr>\n
Habakkuk<\/td>628<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Habakkuk<\/td>3<\/td>Judah<\/td><\/tr>\n
Sophonias<\/td>648<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Sophonias<\/td>3<\/td>Judah<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ageu<\/td>520<\/td>520-520<\/td>AC<\/td>Ageu<\/td>2<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Zacarias<\/td>518<\/td>520-518<\/td>AC<\/td>Zacarias<\/td>14<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
Malachi<\/td>443<\/td><\/td>AC<\/td>Malachi<\/td>4<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n\n \n
Mateus<\/td>98<\/td>-2-33<\/td>DC<\/td>Mateus<\/td>28<\/td>Israel<\/td><\/tr>\n
Marcos<\/td>65<\/td>29-33<\/td>DC<\/td>Marcos<\/td>16<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
Lucas<\/td>58<\/td>-3-33<\/td>DC<\/td>Lucas<\/td>24<\/td>Cesarea<\/td><\/tr>\n
Jo\u00e3o<\/td>98<\/td>29-33<\/td>DC<\/td>Apostle John<\/td>21<\/td>Ephesus (or nearby)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Atos<\/td>61<\/td>33-61<\/td>DC<\/td>Lucas<\/td>28<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
Romans<\/td>56<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>16<\/td>Corinth<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 Corinthians<\/td>55<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>16<\/td>Ephesus<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 Corinthians<\/td>55<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>13<\/td>Macedonia<\/td><\/tr>\n
Galatians<\/td>52<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>6<\/td>Corinth or Antioch of Syria<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ephesians<\/td>61<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>6<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
Philippians<\/td>61<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>4<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
Colossians<\/td>61<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>4<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 Thessalonians<\/td>50<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>5<\/td>Corinth<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 Thessalonians<\/td>51<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>3<\/td>Corinth<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 Timothy<\/td>64<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>6<\/td>Macedonia<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 Timothy<\/td>65<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>4<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
Tito<\/td>64<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>3<\/td>Macedonia (?)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Philemon<\/td>61<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>1<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
Hebrews<\/td>61<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Paulo<\/td>13<\/td>Rome<\/td><\/tr>\n
Tiago<\/td>62<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>James (brother of Jesus)<\/td>5<\/td>Jerusalem<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 Peter<\/td>64<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Pedro<\/td>5<\/td>Babylon<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 Peter<\/td>64<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Pedro<\/td>3<\/td>Babylon (?)<\/td><\/tr>\n
1 John<\/td>98<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Apostle John<\/td>5<\/td>Ephesus (or nearby)<\/td><\/tr>\n
2 John<\/td>98<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Apostle John<\/td>1<\/td>Ephesus (or nearby)<\/td><\/tr>\n
3 John<\/td>98<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Apostle John<\/td>1<\/td>Ephesus (or nearby)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Judas<\/td>65<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Judas (brother of Jesus)<\/td>1<\/td>Israel (?)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Apocalypse<\/td>96<\/td><\/td>DC<\/td>Apostle John<\/td>22<\/td>Patmos<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

How to play<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Type the name of a biblical book as a guess.<\/li>\n\n
  2. The game compares your guess with the target book and signals:\n
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    • Whether the Period<\/strong> (BC\/AD) is the same.<\/li>\n\n
    • Whether the End date<\/strong> is before<\/strong> or after<\/strong> the target (numeric field).<\/li>\n\n
    • Whether the Scope (Start\u2013End)<\/strong> is close to the target.<\/li>\n\n
    • Matches in Writers<\/strong>, Number of chapters<\/strong>, and Location<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n
    • Use the clues to refine your guesses until you identify the book.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • The date<\/strong> columns are numerical to allow comparisons (older\/newer).<\/li>\n\n
      • In some books, the scope<\/strong> is not clear in the sources; in these cases, the field may be empty.<\/li>\n\n
      • Want to increase the difficulty? Change the game settings!<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guessdle","category-games","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50444,"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50441\/revisions\/50444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skdojo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}