Waller Family Ministry
Monday, October 03, 2011
How Embarassing - I do not have the books of the Old Testament commited to memory.
I am taking an online course in Old Testament and we are starting with the basics. The simple question of the three main parts of the Old Testament: The Law, The Prophets and The Writings/ History.
My posted homework from day one
The Three thematic parts of the Old Testament are:
The Law
The Prophets
The Writing
The Law: "The Torah" "The Pentatteuch"
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
The Prophets :
Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaninah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
The Writings or Scriptures: " Ketuvim"
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Eshter, Daniel, Ezra, Chronicles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
Footnote: Learned from Wikipedia Bible Section about the additional books recognized by Catholics.
The Roman Catholic Church recognizes:
- Tobit
- Judith
- 1 Maccabees
- 2 Maccabees
- Wisdom
- Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)
- Baruch
- The Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch Chapter 6)
- Greek Additions to Esther
- The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children
- Susanna
- Bel and the Dragon
In addition to those, the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches recognize the following:
Personal Comment From me Jamie Waller: Do not know if this presenter is Solid Theology, But I liked the way it was presented
Law Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
History: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1+2 Samuel, 1+2 Kings, 1+2 Chronicles,
Ezra, Nehemiah Ester
Wisdom; Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Salomon
Major Prophets : Isiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel
Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obidiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah and Malachi
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPmifDA1ak0
Personal Comment From me Jamie Waller: I should have this memorized from long ago. I am working on now and find several Youtube videos helpful. I thought Biblepedia would have been a good resource for this type but found them very confusing and difficult to use. The fact that Google Search and Wikipedia were my best resources to start says a lot about where we are today. Why don't I know a better public teaching site and why do I find Wikipedia of use so frequently (rhetorical question of course).
