Overview of the Bible

Intro

100

How many total books of the Bible are there?

66

200

How many different men helped write the Bible?

40

300

What are the 3 languages the Bible was written in?

Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek

400

The Holy Spirit inspired these men to write these books of the Bible through ________ __________.

divine inspiration

500

Did the Old Testament or the New Testament take longer to write?

Old Testament (20x longer to write)

Old Testament 1

100

What are the first 5 books of the Bible called?

Pentateuch

200

Who wrote the first 5 books of the Bible?

Moses

300

This book is about God's people continually disobeying and wandering in the wilderness for 40 years

Numbers

400

This book is about Moses great discourse to prepare Israel to enter into the Promised Land

Deuteronomy

500

These 12 books were written between 1400 and 450 BC and describe God's dealing with His chosen people, Israel, and the Hebrew nation

Historical Books

Old Testament 2

100

Fill in the Blank: These books describe in _______ and ________ God's greatness and His dealings with men.

verse and song

200

Name 1 of the 12 Historical Books

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

300

This poetry book is about the emptiness of an earthly life without God

Ecclesiastes

400

Name 3 of the major prophets

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel

500

Name 3 of the minor prophet books

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

New Testament 1

100

How many book are in the New Testament?

27 books

200

Name the 4 Gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

300

Name the book that describes the history of the Early Church and the beginning and spread of the Christian church

Acts

400

How many books are in Paul's letters?

13 books

500

Name one of the books of the general letters

Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude

New Testament 2

100

The last book of the Bible that tells of future events

Revelation

200

This Gospel tells of the life of Christ, written especially for Jews, revealing Jesus Christ as their long-awaited Messiah

Matthew

300

This gospel tells of the life of Christ, revealing Jesus as the Son of God, stressing His deity, very evangelistic

John

400

These 21 books were written to individuals, churches, or believers in general. They deal with every aspect of Christian faith and responsibility

Letters or Epistles

500

What are the 2 reasons given for the writing of John's gospel?

1. That you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God

2. And that by believing, you may have life in His name