Genesis
Exodus
Historical Books
The Prophets
Wisdom Literature
100

God made her as a partner for Adam

Who is Eve?

100

This man was placed in a bushel basket as an infant to save him from Pharaoh.

Who is Moses?

100

This king of Israel slew Goliath.

Who is David?

100

This prophet spent three days in the belly of a whale.

Who is Jonah?

100

Read at Mass every week, there are 150 of these in total.

What are the Psalms?

200

This wife of Abraham was 90 years old when Isaac was born.

Who is Sarah?
200

After their disobedience, the Israelites were cursed to wander the desert for this many years.

What is 40?

200

This man was taken up by a whirlwind and seen with Jesus during the Transfiguration.

Who is Elijah?

200

The prophet Ezekiel saw a vision of these beings as wheels in the sky.

What are angels?

200

Appropriately, this book belongs in this category.

What is Wisdom?

300

This Patriarch was the first to make wine after the flood.

Who is Noah?

300

Passover spared Israel from this last, most terrible plague.

What is the death of the firstborn?

300

Two books are named for this family who rebelled against the Selucid Empire in the 2nd Century B.C.

Who is Elijah?

300

The prophet Isaiah gives us this name for Jesus, Hebrew for "God With Us".

What is Emmanuel?

300

This book depicts one man's struggle to understand the purpose of suffering in the face of an all-powerful God.

What is Job?

400

This Patriarch was sold into slavery by his brothers.

Who is Joseph?

400

This brother was the first Priest of the Old Covenant.

Who is Aaron?

400

This Moabite courted Boaz and thus became the great-grandmother of King David.

Who is Ruth?

400

The Prophet Haggai admonished the people for delaying rebuilding this after their return from exile.

What is the Second Temple?

400

This book's name comes from the fact that it mostly contains short sayings meant to instruct the youth.

What is Proverbs?

500

This Patriarch was so named because he "grasped the heel" of his brother as he was born.

Who is Jacob?
500

The Ten Commandments are written twice, once in Exodus and once in this book, from the Greek for Second Law.

What is Deuteronomy?

500

King Saul was a member of this smallest tribe of Israel, named after the youngest son of Jacob.

What is Benjamin?

500

This prophet who survived lions also prophesied the coming of the "Son of Man".

Who is Daniel?

500

A book of love poetry is named after this King.

Who is Solomon?

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