Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. About a month and a half ago, I started working on a Bible study for some people at church. This left me little time to keep up with the Hebrews study. We are still doing the study and will continue for a while, so instead of not blogging at all, I figured I would put up the Bible Survey Bible Study I have been getting together. I freely admit that all this information is not my own but is borrowed from lots of different sources. So if anyone wants to know where I am getting it from, just ask and I can get you a book name or author.
Without further ado or explanation, here is the new direction for my blog: Bible Survey.
Bible Study
Introduction
Getting to know the Old Testament
We divide our Bible into 2 main sections the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament (OT) is organized into 5 sections
Genesis to Deuteronomy is called the Law or Pentateuch
Joshua to Esther is the History
Job to Song of Songs is Poetry
Isaiah to Daniel is the Major Prophets
Hosea to Malachi is the Minor Prophets
Jews divide their sacred writings into three sections
The Torah (Law): Genesis to Deuteronomy
Prophets (The Former and the Latter): Joshua to The Twelve
The Writings: Psalms to 2 Chronicles
Here is a handy table to illustrate the differences
| Hebrew Scriptures | English Bible | ||
| Torah | Genesis | Law (The Pentateuch) | Genesis |
| Exodus | Exodus | ||
| Leviticus | Leviticus | ||
| Numbers | Numbers | ||
| Deuteronomy | Deuteronomy | ||
| Former Prophets | Joshua | History | Joshua |
| Judges | Judges | ||
| 1 and 2 Samuel | Ruth | ||
| 1 and 2 Kings | 1 and 2 Samuel | ||
| Latter Prophets | Isaiah | 1 and 2 Kings | |
| Jeremiah | 1 and 2 Chronicles | ||
| Ezekiel | Ezra | ||
| The Twelve | Hosea | Nehemiah | |
| Joel | Esther | ||
| Amos | Poetry (Wisdom Literature) | Job | |
| Obadiah | Psalms | ||
| Jonah | Proverbs | ||
| Micah | Ecclesiastes | ||
| Nahum | Song of Songs | ||
| Habakkuk | Major Prophets | Isaiah | |
| Zephaniah | Jeremiah | ||
| Haggai | Lamentations | ||
| Zechariah | Ezekiel | ||
| Malachi | Daniel | ||
| The Writings | Psalms | The Minor Prophets | Hosea |
| Job | Joel | ||
| Proverbs | Amos | ||
| Ruth | Obadiah | ||
| Song of Songs | Jonah | ||
| Ecclesiastes | Micah | ||
| Lamentations | Nahum | ||
| Esther | Habakkuk | ||
| Daniel | Zephaniah | ||
| Ezra/Nehemiah | Haggai | ||
| 1 and 2 Chronicles | Zechariah | ||
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| Malachi | ||
The really noticeable difference is that Chronicles is at the end of the Jewish Bible while it is in the middle of the Christian OT. The reason the Jews put it at the end is in part because it serves as a summation of all of Israel's history (Adam to the exile) and has a hopeful theology towards the future.
Here are some fun stats from the OT
The longest book is Psalms
The shortest book is Obadiah
The longest chapter is Psalm 119
The shortest chapter is Psalm 117
Quick history of the OT
The OT was written in 2 different languages, Hebrew and Aramaic
Some of the authors of the books include Moses, David, Amos, Joshua, Solomon, and many more. Of course, I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God so whoever the human author may be, God ultimately is speaking through the Bible. It is not just a good book of wisdom, but it has authority and meaning because it is God's word to us.
The OT was written over 1000 years 1400-400 BC, roughly speaking. Covers from THE Beginning until the exile of Israel.
This is a good place for us to land in this study. I will keep posting these lessons that I am putting together. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed studying for them.
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