The Old Testament

The setting of 1st and 2nd Maccabees is about a century and a half after the conquest of ...

‘The rarely heard inspirational stories of the Apocrypha brought to life in this un...

The Book of Exodus begins more than four hundred years after Joseph, his brothers, and th...

At the beginning of Numbers, Israel prepares to continue the journey from Mount Sinai to ...

After Joshua’s death, the tribes of Israel continue their conquest of the southern ...

The shortest book in the New Testament, the book of 3 John is only one page long and was ...

Israel’s next judge, Samuel, is born to Hannah, a previously barren woman. Hannah g...

The narrator continues the chronological account of Israel and Judah's kings. Each of Isr...

The books of Chronicles were originally one book, as in the case of Samuel and Kings. The...

Ezra is a book of Narrative History and Genealogies. It was written by Ezra at approximat...

The book of Nehemiah is Narrative History. Nehemiah authored it at about 430 B.C.Key pers...

The genre of the book of Esther is Narrative History. Its author is anonymous however; so...

The book of Job is Narrative History. Its author is unknown yet it is possible that Job h...

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The book of Ecclesiastes contains Proverbs, maxims, sayings, and is largely an autobiogra...

The book of Song of Solomon is a large love poem filled with smaller poems of different k...

The book of Song of Solomon is a large love poem filled with smaller poems of different k...

The book of Isaiah is Narrative History, Prophetic Oracle, and even a Parable (chapter 5)...

The book of Jeremiah is Prophetic Oracle and Narrative History, although not completely i...

The book of Lamentations is book of sorrowful songs or poems. The name implies that the t...

The book of Ezekiel is Narrative History, Prophetic and Apocalyptic in genre and even con...

The genre of the book of Daniel is Narrative History, Prophetic Oracle, and it includes A...

The book of Hosea is a Narrative History and Prophetic Oracle. Hosea is the first book in...

The purpose of the book of Amos was to announce God’s holy judgment on the Kingdom ...

The book of Obadiah is a book of Prophetic Oracles. The prophet Obadiah wrote it. Its aut...

The book of Micah is a Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Micah wrote it 742-686 B.C. shortly ...

The book of Nahum is a Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Nahum wrote it approximately 663-612...

The book of Habakkuk is Narrative History and displays Prophetic Oracle. Habakkuk wrote i...

The book of Haggai is Narrative History and Prophetic Oracle. The prophet Haggai wrote it...

The book of Zechariah is Narrative History, Prophetic and Apocalyptic in genre. It is a p...

Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament and is a book of Prophetic Oracle. It is a ...