Pano

Question 1

Genesis

Answer 1

The book of origins
The origin of the universe, human race, etc.
Largely a record of Israel’s roots and early history

Question 2

Exodus

Answer 2

The enslavement and deliverance of Israel and their history on their way
to Canaan under the leadership of Moses.

Question 3

Leviticus

Answer 3

The book of laws concerning morality, cleanliness, food, etc.
It teaches access to God through sacrifices.

Question 4

Numbers

Answer 4

The book of the wanderings of Israel.

Their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.

Question 5

Deuteronomy

Answer 5

A repetition of the law.

Given shortly before Israel entered Canaan

Question 6

Joshua

Answer 6

A record of the conquest of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua and
of the division of the land among the 12 tribes.

Question 7

Judges

Answer 7

The history of the 6 subjugations of Israel and

the various deliverances of the land through the 15 judges

Question 8

Ruth

Answer 8

The story of the life of Ruth, an ancestor of David and of Jesus Christ.

Question 9

1 & 2 Samuel

Answer 9

The history of Samuel, with the beginning and early years of the
monarchial period in Israel under the reigns of Saul and David.

Question 10

1 & 2 Kings

Answer 10

The early history of the kingdom of Israel and later of the divided
kingdom.
The heroic prophets Elijah and Elisha appear.

Question 11

1 & 2 Chronicles

Answer 11

Largely a record of the reigns of David, Solomon, and the kings of Judah
up to the time of the captivity.

Question 12

Ezra

Answer 12

A record of the return of the Jews from captivity and of the rebuilding of
the temple.

Question 13

Nehemiah

Answer 13

An account of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and the reestablishing of the sacred ordinances

Question 14

Nehemiah

Answer 14

n account of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and the reestablishing of the sacred ordinances

Question 15

Esther

Answer 15

The story of Queen Esther’s deliverance of the Jews from the plot of
Haman and of the establishment of the feast of Purim.

Question 16

Job

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Psalms

Answer 17

A collection of 150 spiritual songs, poems and prayers Used through the
centuries by the church in its worship.

Question 18

Proverbs

Answer 18

A collection of moral and religious maxims and discourses on such topics
as wisdom, temperance, justice.

Question 19

Ecclesiastes

Answer 19

Reflections on the vanity of life and on man’s duties and obligations to
God, etc

Question 20

Song of Songs

Answer 20

A religious poem symbolizing the mutual love of Christ and the church

Question 21

Isaiah

Answer 21

The great prophet of the redemption.
A book rich in Messianic prophecies mingled with woes pronounced
upon sinful nation

Question 22

Jeremiah

Answer 22

The weeping prophet; lived from the time of Josiah to the captivity.
It is about the backsliding, bondage, and restoration of the Jews.

Question 23

Lamentations

Answer 23

A series of dirges by Jeremiah lamenting the afflictions of Israel

Question 24

Ezekiel

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Daniel

Answer 25

A book of personal biography and apocalyptic visions concerning events
in both secular and sacred history.

Question 26

Hosea

Answer 26

Contemporary with Isaiah and Micah.
It is about the apostasy of Israel characterized as spiritual adultery.
The book is filled with striking metaphors describing the sins of the
people

Question 27

Joel

Answer 27

A prophet of Judah;
It is about the national repentance and its blessings, “The day of the
Lord,” a time of divine judgments, may be transformed into a season of
blessings.

Question 28

Amos

Answer 28

The herdsman-prophet was a courageous reformer, denouncing
selfishness and sin.
The book contains a series of 5 visions.

Question 29

Obadiah

Answer 29

It is about the doom of Edom and final deliverance of Israel.

Question 30

Jonah

Answer 30

The story of the “reluctant missionary” who was taught by bitter
experience the lesson of obedience and the depth of divine mercy.

Question 31

Micah

Answer 31

This book gives a dark picture of the moral condition of Israel and Judah
but foretells the establishment of a Messianic kingdom in which
righteousness shall prevail.

Question 32

Nahum

Answer 32

It is about the destruction of Nineveh and Judah is promised deliverance
from Assyria.

Question 33

Habakkuk

Answer 33

Written in the Babylonian period
It is about the mysteries of providence
How can a just God allow a wicked nation to oppress Israel?

Question 34

Zephaniah

Answer 34

This book is somber in tone, filled with threatenings, but it ends in a
vision of the future glory of Israel.

Question 35

Haggai

Answer 35

A colleague of Zechariah
He reproves the people for slackness in building the second temple but
promises a return of God’s glory when the building would be completed.

Question 36

Zechariah

Answer 36

Contemporary with Haggai
He helps to arouse the Jews to rebuild the temple
He has a series of 8 visions and sees the ultimate triumph of God’s
kingdom

Question 37

Malachi

Answer 37

Gives a graphic picture of the closing period of OT history He shows the
necessity of reforms before the coming of the Messiah