Pano Flashcards
Genesis
The book of origins
The origin of the universe, human race, etc.
Largely a record of Israel’s roots and early history
Exodus
The enslavement and deliverance of Israel and their history on their way
to Canaan under the leadership of Moses.
Leviticus
The book of laws concerning morality, cleanliness, food, etc.
It teaches access to God through sacrifices.
Numbers
The book of the wanderings of Israel.
Their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy
A repetition of the law.
Given shortly before Israel entered Canaan
Joshua
A record of the conquest of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua and
of the division of the land among the 12 tribes.
Judges
The history of the 6 subjugations of Israel and
the various deliverances of the land through the 15 judges
Ruth
The story of the life of Ruth, an ancestor of David and of Jesus Christ.
1 & 2 Samuel
The history of Samuel, with the beginning and early years of the
monarchial period in Israel under the reigns of Saul and David.
1 & 2 Kings
The early history of the kingdom of Israel and later of the divided
kingdom.
The heroic prophets Elijah and Elisha appear.
1 & 2 Chronicles
Largely a record of the reigns of David, Solomon, and the kings of Judah
up to the time of the captivity.
Ezra
A record of the return of the Jews from captivity and of the rebuilding of
the temple.
Nehemiah
An account of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and the reestablishing of the sacred ordinances
Nehemiah
n account of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and the reestablishing of the sacred ordinances
Esther
The story of Queen Esther’s deliverance of the Jews from the plot of
Haman and of the establishment of the feast of Purim.
Job
A book about suffering
The book shows the malice of satan, the patience of Job, the vanity of
human philosophy, the wisdom of God, and the final deliverance of the
sufferer.
Psalms
A collection of 150 spiritual songs, poems and prayers Used through the
centuries by the church in its worship.
Proverbs
A collection of moral and religious maxims and discourses on such topics
as wisdom, temperance, justice.
Ecclesiastes
Reflections on the vanity of life and on man’s duties and obligations to
God, etc
Song of Songs
A religious poem symbolizing the mutual love of Christ and the church
Isaiah
The great prophet of the redemption.
A book rich in Messianic prophecies mingled with woes pronounced
upon sinful nation
Jeremiah
The weeping prophet; lived from the time of Josiah to the captivity.
It is about the backsliding, bondage, and restoration of the Jews.
Lamentations
A series of dirges by Jeremiah lamenting the afflictions of Israel
Ezekiel
One of the mystery books, full of striking metaphors vividly portraying
the sad condition of God’s people and the pathway to future exaltation
and glory
