QUESTION 19
What Is Contained in the Various Books of the Bible?
HEBREW SCRIPTURES (“OLD TESTAMENT”)
PENTATEUCH (5 BOOKS):
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
From creation to the founding of the ancient nation of Israel
HISTORICAL BOOKS (12 BOOKS):
Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Israel’s entry into the Promised Land and events thereafter
1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles
History of the nation of Israel down to the destruction of Jerusalem
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
History of the Jews after returning from exile in Babylon
POETIC BOOKS (5 BOOKS):
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Collections of wise sayings and songs
PROPHETIC BOOKS (17 BOOKS):
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Prophecies, or predictions, concerning God’s people
CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES (“NEW TESTAMENT”)
THE FOUR GOSPELS (4 BOOKS):
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
History of Jesus’ life and ministry
ACTS OF APOSTLES (1 BOOK):
History of the start of the Christian congregation and missionary activity
LETTERS (21 BOOKS):
Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Letters to various Christian congregations
1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Letters to individual Christians
Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, Jude
General letters to Christians
REVELATION (1 BOOK):
Series of prophetic visions given to the apostle John