Overview of the Books of the Bible Part 1

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Overview of the Books of the Bible (Part 1)
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Overview of the Books of the Bible (Part 1)
Old Testament

• Genesis
• Exodus to Promised Land
• Period of Judges
• Period of Kings

• Northern Kingdom
• Southern Kingdom
• Pre-Exile
• 70 years captivity
• Post Exile

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Timeline

• See handouts for timeline

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Genesis

• The Beginning

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Genesis

• Genesis basically can be divided into two parts
• Primeval History Chapters 1 to 11
• Patriarchal History Chapters 12 to 50

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Genesis

• The first division records four outstanding
  events
• The Creation
• The Fall of Man
• The Flood
• The Confusing of Tongues (Tower of Babel)
• The second division is concerned with four
  outstanding individuals
• Abraham
• Isaac
• Jacob
• Joseph

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Exodus to Promised Land

• Author Moses
• Time 1650-1500 BC
• The title Exodus means a going out.
• The remaining 4 books of the Pentateuch deal
  with Israel going out.
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

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Joshua

• Author Joshua
• Time 1460-1420 BC
• Summary Joshua was selected by God to succeed
  Moses and lead the nation into the Promised land.
  
• Meaning of the name Joshua?

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Period of Judges
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Ruth

• Author Not known for certain
• Time 1250 BC
• Summary The book of Ruth is dated during the
  period of the Judges. It shows that in a time of
  national decline and immorality, God preserved a
  remnant who could serve as the core for a future
  revival.

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Ruth Great grandmother of Jesus

• The line of Christ
• Ruth 4v18-22-18 Now these are the generations of
  Pharez Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat
  Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab
  begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And
  Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And
  Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
• Luke 3v32 Jesus which was the son of David,
  32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son
  of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the
  son of Salmon