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The OLD TESTAMENTaka Hebrew Scriptures
TORAH – HISTORICAL – WISDOM - PROPHETIC
• The Pentateuch includes the first five books in the bible
• “Pentateuch” means “five scrolls”
• These books are also called the Torah or the Books of the Law
• They tell about the beginnings of God’s people, the Israelites
• The books of the Pentateuch (Torah/Law) tell key stories about:- Creation- The Covenant, or promise between God and
His people- The journey of the Israelites to the Promised Land- The Law of Moses – aka the Ten Commandments
BOOKS OF THE PENTATEUCH:
- Genesis- Exodus- Leviticus- Numbers- Deuteronomy
• The Historical Books were written to show important events in the history of the Jewish people, and God’s role in these events
HISTORIC BOOKS:
- Joshua | - 2 Chronicals- Judges | - Ezra- Ruth | - Nehemiah- 1 Samuel | - Tobit- 2 Samuel | - Judith- 1 Kings | - Esther- 2 Kings | - 1 Maccabees- 1 Chronicals | - 2 Maccabees
• The Wisdom Literature showed the Israelites how to act as God’s people
• These books include proverbs, poetry and prayers that brought the people closer to God
• The WISDOM BOOKS:
- Job- Psalms- Proverbs- Ecclesiastes- Song of Songs- Wisdom- Sirach
• The Prophetic Books tell about the messages of the prophets
• When people had turned away from God and had fallen into sin, the prophets reminded them of God’s love and of their covenant with Him
• The prophets also spoke of the Savior that was to come
• The PROPHETIC BOOKS:
Major Prophets Minor Prophets- Isaiah - Hosea | - Nahum - Jeremiah - Joel | - Habakkuk- Lamentations - Amos | - Zephaniah- Baruch - Obediah | - Haggai- Ezekial - Jonah | - Zecheriah- Daniel - Micah | - Malachi
• The Dead Sea Scrolls - some of the only surviving Biblical
documents written before 100 AD
- they were discovered in a cave in Qumran in Israel in 1947
- the scrolls include almost every book in Hebrew Scriptures
Israel (Palestine) in the time of Jesus
NAZARETH
JERUSALEM
BETHLEHEM
QUMRAN,Where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found
Cave and opening where the scrolls were found
The scrolls were found in several of these jars
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