One of the purposes of this blog is to provide accurate information about the Bible in an easy-to-understand format.
The following are links to the posts in the Bible Basics – Old Testament Overview series:
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One of the purposes of this blog is to provide accurate information about the Bible in an easy-to-understand format.
The following are links to the posts in the Bible Basics – Old Testament Overview series:
Posted in Bible, Bible Basics, Bible Study, Books of the Bible, History, Law, Old Testament, Poetry and Wisdom, tagged Bible Study, Books of the Bible, Old Testament on May 18, 2010|
Continuing with our discussion of the Bible and its organization and content, the following is a summary of what we covered in the last 3 posts on Bible Basics:
The Bible has 2 testaments: The Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Old Testament has 39 books divided into 5 sections: The Law, The History, The Poetry & Wisdom, The Major Prophets and The Minor Prophets.
The Law consists of: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The History consists of: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
The third grouping of books in the Old Testament is the Books of Poetry and Wisdom which included the following:
The books of poetry and wisdom do not follow a chronology or tell a history, rather they are superimposed on the history and show the struggles that men of faith like Job, David, Solomon and Asaph have in learning about God and how to draw closer to Him. These books show us insights into their thinking, their emotions, how they deal with trials and opposition, and how they worshiped the God that they served.
Posted in Bible, Bible Basics, Bible Study, Books of the Bible, Law, Old Testament, tagged Bible Study, Books of the Bible, Old Testament on May 16, 2010|
As I outlined in the last post, the Bible has 2 Testaments (Old Testament and New Testament), and each testament is divided into books, and the books are further grouped together with other books of similar purpose, content and/or authorship.
By way of review, the groupings of the books of the Old Testament are:
The Books of the Law include:
The books of the law cover the time from creation through the death of Moses in approximately 1406 B.C.