Seminar Study Help Number © 2006 TBBMI 18 THE OPENED BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT FUNCTIONAL PARALLELS: LAW (1) and GOSPELS (5) produce an historical fallout, the HISTORIES (2) and the ACTS (6); which show the development of a culture; which produces a body of writings; the WRITINGS (3) and the EPISTLES (7), leaving those two parts unique to our Bible, the PROPHECIES (4) and THE REVELATION (8).