The Pentateuch
The word means “‘beginning.’ The first eleven chapters of it contains stories of prehistory: God’s Creation of the world, the sin of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. The last chapters of it relate to the story of the patriarchs: Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.
What is the Book of Genesis?
This book is about the Israelites falling into the cycle of apostasy. God sends a judge to deliver Israel and to lead the troops.
What is The Book of Judges?
What story is about why bad things happen to good people?
What is the Book of Job?
This book spans three centuries, with the Prophet and his disciples addressing different audiences. The book is divided according to prophecies for Jerusalem, the Exile, and the return.
What is the Book of Isaiah?
This central book of the Old Testament tells how the Egyptian pharaoh enslaved Israel’s descendants and how God freed the Israelites from slavery in the great event known as it. The Book of it tells that God met with Moses on Mount Sinai, where he entered into a covenant with his Chosen People, giving the Israelites the Law. The Law helped the Israelites
What is the Book of Exodus?
This book tells of Israel's transition from the judges' leadership to the monarchy.
What is First and Second Samuel?
5 books with poetry or song lyrics?
What are the Books of Psalm?
This book that may be the work of Jeremiah, consists of five poems mourning the fall of Jerusalem.
What is the Book of Lamentations?
The third book of the Pentateuch examines the particulars of the Law and focuses on holiness in all aspects of life.
What is the Book of Leviticus?
This book is about a military leader, who led the Israelites into the Promise Land, conquered it, and divided the land among the various tribes.
What is the Book of Joshua?
A poem of romantic love?
What is Song of Songs?
This book is an apocalyptic text, placed among the prophetic books because Christians initially interpreted it as prophetic literature.
What is the Book of Daniel?
This book’s name comes from two censuses detailed in chapters 1 and 26. The Book of it continues the story of the Israelites in the desert until they come to the border of the Promised Land.
What is the Book of Numbers?
This book is a short story about a Gentile who showed great fidelity to her Jewish mother-in-law.
What is the Book of Ruth?
Written 100 years before Christ?
Although he was probably Jeremiah’s scribe, it is more likely that other authors wrote this book in his name. It serves as a reminder that the Exile occurred because of the people’s infidelity to God.
What is the Book of Baruch?
It means “second law.” The Book of it repeats much of the material of the three previous books through sermons attributed to Moses.
What is the Book of Deuteronomy?
These books focus primarily on the southern kingdom from the time of King David until the Babylonian conquest of Judah.
What are the First and Second Chronicles?
This book recounts a sage, who had many wise lessons and saying.
What is the Book of Sirach?
God called him to be a prophet in Babylon, where the Jewish people were in exile. Once the Babylonians had destroyed Jerusalem, he promised Salvation and a New Covenant if the Jews returned to God. He often acted his prophecies out dramatically.
What is the Book of Ezekiel?