Bible Content - General OT Info & Outlines

Question 1

General divisions of OT and the books in each.

Answer 1

History (17)
* Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
* Historical (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther)

Poetry (5) (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs)

Prophecy (17)
* Major (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel)
* Minor (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)

Question 2

General Outline of OT History with Dates

Answer 2

Creation/Fall
* Start Date: NA
* Major People: Adam/Eve
* Book: Genesis
* Others: NA

Flood
* Start Date: NA
* Major People: Noah
* Book: Genesis
* Others: NA

Patriarchs
* Start Date: 2100BC (promise to Abraham)
* Major People: Abraham/Isaac/Jacob/Joseph
* Book: Genesis
* Others: Job?

Exodus
* Start Date: 1446BC
* Major People: Moses
* Book: Exodus-Deueteronomy
* Others: NA

Conquest
* Start Date: 1406BC
* Major People: Joshua
* Book: Joshua
* Others: NA

Judges
* Start Date: 1356-1050BC
* Major People: Judges, Samuel
* Book: Judges - 1 Samuel
* Others: NA

United Kingdom
* Start Date: 1050BC
* Major People: Saul/David/Solomon (40 yr each)
* Book: 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, 1 Chronicles
* Others: Poetical Books

Divided Kingdom
* Start Date: Israel 931-722BC
* Major People: Israel/Judah
* Book: 1&2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
* Others: Prohpetical Books, Psalms

Exile
* Start Date: 722BC (Israel) 586BC (Judah)
* Major People: Ezekiel/Daniel/Jeremiah
* Book: 2 Kings
* Others: Ezekiel, Daniel, Obadiah

Post-Exile
* Start Date: 538BC
* Major People: Zerubbabel/Ezra/Nehemiah
* Book: Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
* Others: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

END OT PERIOD: 400BC

Question 3

General Outline of OT History from Covenant Perspective with Passages

Answer 3

Works - Adamic
* Promise: Life
* Requirement: Obedience (tree of knowledge of good/evil)
* Sign: Tree of life
* Reference: Genesis 3 & Hosea 6:7

Grace - Noahic
* Promise: Never again to flood the earth
* Requirement: None stated (possibly death penalty)
* Sign: Rainbow
* Reference: Genesis 9

Grace - Abrahamic
* Promise: Descendants security (seed), land, channel of blessing to the world
* Requirement: Circumcision (walk before me and be blameless)
* Sign: Circumcision
* Reference: Genesis 12,15,17

Grace - Mosaic
* Promise: To be God’s people
* Requirement: Law (obedience)
* Sign: Passover/Sabbath
* Reference: Exodus 19-24; Deuteronomy

Grace - Davidic
* Promise: Davidic Dynasty securing blessing for the the people
* Requirement: None stated
* Sign: None stated (throne?)
* Reference: 2 Samuel 7

Grace - New
* Promise: Renewal of promises in ubreakable convenant
* Requirement: None stated
* Sign: None stated
* Reference: Jeremiah 31