1-What is the Bible? Greek "La Biblia" the Book. The Bible is a collection of many individual works. The New Testament has 27 Books. The Old Testament has 39 Jewish/Protestant and 46 Catholic. It is the World's best seller since 1453, the invention of the printing press. 39 million are printed yearly. 150 Billion have been printed since the printing press. 1,461 pages in the New American Bible and 2.045 pages in the Jerusalem Bible.