Old Testament Survey

3. The book that starts everything off.
5. This book has many wisdom sayings to teach younger generations about good decisions.
6. Books in this category include Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.
8. They rebuild the walls of the city in this book.
9. Deals with particulars of what it means to be in a relationship with God.
11. One of the sets of books that tell of David's descendants.
13. Number of sections that Jeffrey splits the Old Testament into.
14. He gives God's perspective on world empires--past, present, and future.
16. At the beginning and end of the book, Moses counts the people, because lots of them died.
19. She is so loyal to her mother-in-law that she converts to the Jewish faith. She moves in with Naomi and marries Boaz.
20. Talks about what life is really like, and what's the best way to deal with hardships in life.
23. A book of poems that mourn the fall of Jerusalem. This book is connected with the captivity of the books of History.
24. Deals with God's judgments and the comforts that await people after judgment.
26. The Jews enter and set up the promised land.
27. this book means "second law."

1. the Hebrews don't keep the law after entering the promised land.
2. Books in this category include Ezekiel, Amos, Jonah, and Jeremiah.
4. He was a captive. He gives messages to his fellow Hebrews during captivity.
7. Has lots of discussion of how God will deal with the people of Israel, the non-Hebrew nations, and how God is going to restore the world in peace, justice, and order.
10. The Jews are enslaved in Egypt, but God saves them.
12. A love poem.
15. A brave woman saves all the Hebrews from a genocidal plot.
17. Warns the people that they're about to go into captivity because they didn't keep God's law.
18. After being taken into captivity, they return and build the temple.
21. Books in this category include Ruth, 1-2 Kings, and Esther.
22. A book of worship, with 150 different songs/poems to worship God.
23. Books in this category include Deuteronomy, Exodus, and Leviticus.
25. We meet David in these books.
26. A good person suffers. We ask, "Why does God allow bad stuff to happen to good people?"