Pentateuch
These five books comprise the Pentateuch
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
This book is about the one of the spy's who would take Moses' place in leading Israel...
Who is Joshua
This book is also called the Psalter and has 5 books or sections.
What is the book of Psalms
What is Proverbs
This prophet, likely a prince of Israel, during the reign of Uzziah, saw the throne of God and thought he was surely a dead man...
Who is Isaiah.
This book begins 400ish years after the time of Jacob and his sons
What is Exodus
This Moabitess is in the line of Jesus and honored her mother in law and Yahweh.
This chapter in Psalms is an acrostic based on the Hebrew alphabet and has 176 verses
What is Psalm 119
In this wisdom book all of life is vanity
What is Ecclesiastes
In this minor prophet locusts are used as an analogy
What is Joel
This book in the Pentateuch has a lot of rules about some really gross disease
What is Leviticus
Who is Elisha ...
2 Kings 2:23–24
[23] He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” [24] And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. (ESV)
The blessed man does not walk, stand or sit in the seat of the wicked, sinners, and scoffers in this Psalm
What is Psalm 1
In the book of Proverbs we are told that the fear of the Lord is this
What is the beginning of knowledge
This prophet was an emotional mess ... crying all the time.
Who is Jeremiah
In this book, Moses' says farewell to the people of Israel
What is Deuteronomy
The bald prophet's mentor was ...
Who is Elijah
These Psalms were sung by pilgrims heading UP (that's a clue) to Jerusalem
What are the Psalms of Ascent
In Proverbs, this person is told to go observe the ant
Who is the sluggard
This minor prophet was a Shepherd in Tekoah
Who was Amos
These first 4 commands were given to the people of Israel on Mt. Sinai
What is ...
No other gods
No graven images
No taking God's name in vain
Remember the Sabbath
This book that gives the account of Mordecai's niece there is no mention of Yahweh.
What is Esther.
Name of the most prominent poet in the Old Testament
Who is David
This book about the trials of a righteous man contains mostly wisdom literature but also has narrative, and poetry.
What is the book of Job
If you read parts of this minor prophet in the Hebrew you'll sound like you are hissing!
What is Nahum