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Old Testament Introduction

Introduction to the Old Testament

The Old Testament is a record of Israel’s experience of what God is like and what the people who worship God should be like. It proclaims the LORD God as the creator of the world and it tells how God blesses people and establishes relations with people through special agreements called covenants. …

Pentateuch Introduction

The Pentateuch

“Pentateuch” is a term that means “five scrolls (books)” and is used to describe the five books that are positioned at the beginning of both Jewish and Christian Bibles. …

History Introduction

Historical Books

The books in this section describe important events in Israel’s history. It begins with descriptions of how the people entered Canaan, the land which God promised to Abraham and Sarah and their descendants, and goes on to describe the time of Israel’s great kings (Saul, David, and Solomon) and the division of Israel into two kingdoms (Israel in the north and Yudah in the south) who often found themselves in conflict. …

Poetry Introduction

Books of Wisdom and Poetry …

Prophecy Introduction

The Prophets …

Deuterocanon Introduction

Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha

Most of the books gathered in this section were part of an ancient translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek called the Septuagint which was widely read by Christians in the early church. …

New Testament Introduction

New Testament

The books of the New Testament were written by the followers of Yeshua the messiah. …