Old Testament

Question 1

Law/Pentateuch Books = 5

Answer 1

Genesis – means “the beginning.” It tells about the creation of the world and mankind.

Exodus – means “the going out.” It is the book of deliverance and the birth of the nation.

Leviticus – the book of ritual or the guidebook of the priests.

Numbers – the book of wanderings.
Deuteronomy – means “second law” book

Question 2

Historical Books = 12

Answer 2

Joshua – the conqueror of Canaan. It tells about the conquest of Canaan.

Judges – the book of deliverance

Ruth – exemplifies true friendship

I & II Samuel – the book of the founding of the kingdom of Israel

I & II Kings – the book of the divided kingdom of Israel

I & II Chronicles – tells of the history of Judah

Ezra – the drastic reformer. It tells about Judaism after the exile.

Nehemiah – the practical man of affairs, the builder.

Esther – a historical romance written to explain the origins of the Jewish feast of Purim.

Question 3

Poetical Books = 5

Answer 3

Job – the book of the ways of God
Psalms – the Hebrew handbook of personal religion.

Proverbs – concise sayings. It conveys truth about social, spiritual and moral life of man.

Ecclesiastes – words of the preacher (Solomon)

Song of Songs – songs of the wise

Question 4

Major Prophets/Prophecy = 5

Answer 4

Isaiah – the prophet of holiness, statesman, the prophet of world mission. It emphasizes holiness.

Jeremiah – the crying prophet, the prophet of the inwardness of religion

Lamentation – the book of lament or sorrow

Ezekiel – the prophet of reconstruction or the prophet of remaking the nation

Daniel – the book for hard times

Question 5

Minor Prophets/Prophecy = 12

Answer 5

Hosea – the prophet of love. It portrays the allegorical love of God to His people.

Joel – the prophet of the day of Yahweh

Amos – the prophet of righteousness

Obadiah – the prophet of the resentment against Edom

Jonah – the prophet of God’s universal love

Micah – the prophet of the poor

Nahum – the prophet who prophesied against Nineveh

Habakkuk – tells about Babylon as God’s agent in punishing Judah’s sins, but in the end

Babylon will be ruined because of her pride

Zephaniah – the prophet of the restoration of Jerusalem

Haggai – the prophet of the rebuilding of the temple of Jerusalem

Zechariah – the prophet of the restoration of Jerusalem

Malachi – the prophet of revival