Bible
Old Testament
Parts of the Old Testament
Genesis
Vocabulary
100

This is the half of the Bible that existed as an oral tradition until it was written down around 100 B.C.

Old Testament

100

This is the people whose history is recorded in the Old Testament

Jewish people

100

This is how many books are in the Old Testament

27

100

This is the number of creation stories in the Bible

2

100

this refers to all that God has taught about himself and his will for his people

Revelation

200

This is the half of the Bible that was written down around 100 A.D.

New Testament

200

This is the other name for the Jewish people

Hebrews

200

This is the type of books the first five in the Old Testament are, focused on telling people how God wants them to live

Law books

200

This is how long it took God to create everything in the first creation story

7 (6 + rest)

200

This is beliefs and practices that have been passed down throughout the ages

Tradition

300

Whose words were used to write the Bible

God's

300

This is the person prophesized about in the Old Testament and who appears in the New Testament

Jesus

300

This is the type of books the next 16 in the Old Testament are, focused on the story of the Hebrew people

Historical books

300

This is the job that God gave to humans

Be stewards of the Earth

300

Other than tradition, this is where revelation is found

Scripture

400

This is the name for the Jewish Bible

Torah

400

This is the first book in the Old Testament

Genesis

400

This is the type of books the next 7 in the Old Testament are, focused on telling people how to live wisely

Wisdom books

400

This is what was different about how God made humans in the second creation story

Man first, woman later

400

This refers to the Holy Spirit helping us to understand God's words in the Bible

Interpretation

500

This is how many books are in the Bible.

72

500

These are the scroll fragments of the Old Testament that were discovered near Qumran in 1947

Dead Sea Scrolls

500

This is the type of books the last 18 books in the Old Testament are, focused on the prophets and their message's to God's people

Prophetic books

500

Other than intelligence, this is what God gifted humans which allows them to choose between good or evil

free will

500

This means "five scrolls" and refers to the first five books in the Bible

Pentateuch