The Books of The Bible

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nathan3

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[size=+3]The Books of The Bible:
And the Translations of the Names of Each, 66 Books in Total.[/size]

[size=+2]The Old Testament - 39 Books

The Law
The Five Books of the Pentateuch

1. Genesis 'Bereshith' - In the beginning
2. Exodus 'veelleh shemoth' - Redemption
3. Leviticus 'vayyikra' - Worship
4. Numbers 'Bemidbar' - In the wilderness
5. Deuteronomy 'Haddebarim' - The words

The History

Joshua 'Yahsua' (Jesus) - Yahveh (God) the Savior
Judges - 'Shophetim' - Rulers
Ruth - A Story of Loyalty
I Samuel - 'Shemuel' - Asked of God
II Samuel
I Kings - The Kingdom United
II Kings - The Kingdom Divided
I Chronicles - 'Dibrei hayyamim' - Words of the days
II Chronicles
Ezra - Born in confusion
Nehemiah - Comforter of Yahveh (God)
Esther 'Estthur' - The Hidden Star

The Books of Poetry

Job 'Iyyob' - Persecuted
Psalms 'Tehillim' - Songs, to rejoice
Proverbs 'Mishlai - To rule
Ecclesiastes 'Koheleth' - The Preacher
Song of Solomon 'Shir Hashshirim' - Songs of Songs

The Major Prophets

Isaiah - Salvation of Yahveh (God)
Jeremiah - Launches Forth
Lamentations - One God sends forth
Ezekiel ' Yehezkel' - El is strong
Daniel - God my Judge

The Minor Prophets

Hosea 'Hoshea' - Salvation
Joel - Yahveh (God) is God
Amos - Burden
Obadiah - Servant of Yahveh (God)
Jonah - Warmth of a dove
Micah - Who is like Yahveh (God)?
Nahum - The compassionate, or consoler
Habakkuk - To embrace
Zephaniah - Hidden of Yahveh (God)
Haggai - Feast or Festival
Zechariah - Remembered of Yahveh (God)
Malachi - My messenger


The New Testament - 27 Books

The Four Gospels

1. Matthew - Jesus, the True King
2. Mark - Jesus, the Servant of All
3. Luke - Jesus, the Man of Compassion
4. John - Jesus, the Son of God

The Acts

Acts - The Acts of the Apostles

The Epistles/Letters

Romans - God's Plan to Save Us
I Corinthians - The problems of the Church, Corinth
II Corinthians - Paul answers His Accusers
Galatians - Christianity as a Reality, not 'Traditions'
Ephesians - We are One in Christ
Philippians - Serve Others with Joy
Colossians - Jesus is above all things
I Thessalonians - Encouragement for New Christians
II Thessalonians - The Return of Christ
I Timothy - Advice to a Younger Preacher
II Timothy - Encouragement to a Soldier of Christ
Titus - Instructions for Doing Good
Philemon - A Slave Becomes a Christian
Hebrews - A Better Life Through Christ
James - How to Live as a Christian
I Peter - written to God's Elect
II Peter - Correcting the False Teachings
I John - The Love of God
II John - Beware of the False Teachers
III John - Love to Those Who Walk in the Truth
Jude - Warnings of 'evil' men and false teachers

The Apocalypse

'apokalupsis' - to reveal, prophecy[/size]
 

von1

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This gave me a better understanding on each book of the bible.
 
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nathan3

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wanted to bump up this old post for fun. :D
 
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nathan3

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Bringing back a old thread .
 
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Sanashankar

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PROPER ORDER & DATES FOR OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS


Name of books: Date written By Location

The Law [5 Books]

GENESIS 1274 BC Moses, Wilderness
EXODUS 1274 Moses, Wilderness
LEVITICUS 1274 , Moses, Wilderness
NUMBERS 1274-1234, Moses, Wilderness
DEUTERONOMY 1234, Moses, Wilderness




The Former Prophets [2 Books] [Acts 3:34]


JOSHUA/JUDGES 1047-1007, Samuel, Canaan

BOOK OF KINGDOMS 739-681, Isaiah, Judah
(I & II SAMUEL
and I & II KINGS)



The Latter Prophets (Major) [3 Books]

ISAIAH 739--, Isaiah, Judah
JEREMIAH 626-586 , Jeremiah, Judah
EZEKIAL 591-571, Ezekiel, Babylon





The Latter Prophets (Minor) [All 1 Book]

HOSEA 790 , Hosea , Israel (North)
JOEL 790, Joel , Judah
AMOS 790 ,Amos , Israel
OBADIAH 785 , Obadiah, Judah
JONAH 785, Jonah in-3rd person, Nineveh (?)
MICAH 750 , Micah, Jerusalem
NAHUM 650, Nahum, Nineveh (?)
HABAKKUK 630, Habakkuk, Judah
ZEPHANIAH 630, Zephaniah, Judah
HAGGAI 520, Haggai, Judah
ZECHARIAH 520, Zechariah, Judah
MALACHI 430, Malachi, Judah




The Psalms (the Poetic books/the Writings/Statesmen) [3 Books]


PSALMS 1004-964 , David, Jerusalem
PROVERBS 964-926, Solomon, Jerusalem
JOB 2000-500 (?), Job, Egypt/Judah




The Megilloth/The Festival Scroll [5 Books]

SONGS OF SONGS 964-926, Solomon, Jerusalem
RUTH 1375-1050, Samuel (?), Bethlehem
LAMENTATIONS 586, Jeremiah, Jerusalem
ECCLEIASTES 964-926, Solomon, Jerusalem
ESTHER 486-465, Ezra (?), Jerusalem




Post Exile Books [3 Books]

DANIEL 605-535, Daniel, Babylon
EZRA-NEHEMIAH 444, Ezra, Jerusalem
CHRONICLES 444, Ezra, Jerusalem
 
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