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The Torah(The Law of Moses) |
Genesis | Beginnings |
| Exodus | From Egypt to the Law | |
| Leviticus | Ceremonial Sanctification | |
| Numbers | Desert Wanderings | |
| Deuteronomy | Applications of the Law | |
History |
Joshua | Taking the Promise Land |
| Judges | Falling and getting up | |
| Ruth | David's Moabite Grandmother | |
| 1Samuel | Saul's Reigns
and persecutes David |
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| 2Samuel | David Reigns | |
| 1Kings | The divided Kingdom | |
| 2Kings | ||
| 1Chronicles | The divided Kingdom -
a Priestly perspective |
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| Ezra | Return from Exile:
The Priest & the Law |
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| Nehemiah | Return from Exile:
The Administrator & the Wall |
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| Esther | Israel delivered by a Jewish-Persian Princess | |
Poetry |
Job | When bad things happen to good people |
| Psalms | Prayer and Praise | |
| Proverbs | Wise Living | |
| Ecclesiastes | The Vanity of Life | |
| Song of Solomon | Sexual Intimacy in Marriage | |
Major Prophets |
Isaiah | Prophecies of Judgment and Salvation |
| Jeremiah | Prophecies leading up to the Babylonian capt. | |
| Lamentations | Lamenting for the captivity | |
| Ezekiel | Visions during the Captivity | |
| Daniel | Prophecies of human history | |
Minor Prophets |
Hosea | Prophecies to Israel |
| Joel | Prophecies to Judah | |
| Amos | Prophecies to Israel | |
| Obadiah | Prophecies to Edom | |
| Jonah | Reluctant Prophet to Ninevah | |
| Micah | Prophecies to Israel | |
| Nahum | Prophecies to Ninevah | |
| Habakkuk | God's limited toleration | |
| Zephaniah | Prophecies against the nations and
prophecies of repentance and restoration. |
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| Haggai | Prophecies of Restoration | |
| Zechariah | Restoration and judgment | |
| Malachi | Exhortations to the remnant |