INTRODUCTION The prophet Ezekiel lived in exile in Babylon during the period before and after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. His messa...
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LAMENTATIONS
INTRODUCTION The book of Lamentations is a collection of five poems lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., and its aftermath...
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THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH
INTRODUCTION The prophet Jeremiah lived during the latter part of the seventh century and the first part of the sixth century B.C. Durin...
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THE BOOK OF ISAIAH
INTRODUCTION The Book of Isaiah is named for a great prophet who lived in Jerusalem in the latter half of the eighth century B.C. This bo...
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SONG OF SONGS
INTRODUCTION The Song of Songs is a series of love poems, for the most part in the form of songs addressed by a man to a women, and by th...
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ECCLESIASTES
INTRODUCTION The book of Ecclesiastes contains the thoughts of "the Philosopher," a man who reflected deeply on how short and c...
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PROVERBS
INTRODUCTION The book of Proverbs is a collection of moral and religious teachings in the form of sayings and proverbs. Much of it has to...
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PSALMS
INTRODUCTION The book of Psalms is the hymnbook and prayer book of the Bible. Composed by different authors over a long period of time, t...
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THE BOOK OF JOB
INTRODUCTION The Book of Job is the story of a good man who suffers total disaster - he loses all his children and property and is afflic...
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THE BOOK OF ESTHER
INTRODUCTION The events of The Book of Esther, which take place at the winter residence of the Persian emperor, center around a Jewish he...
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THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH
INTRODUCTION The Book of Nehemiah may be divided into four parts: 1) The return of Nehemiah to Jerusalem, where he has been sent by the...
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THE BOOK OF EZRA
INTRODUCTION The Book of Ezra, as a sequel to Chronicles, describes the return of some of the Jewish exiles from Babylon and the restorat...
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THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES
INTRODUCTION Second Chronicles begins where First Chronicles ends. It describes the rule of King Solomon, records the revolt of the north...
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THE FIRST BOOK OF CHRONICLES
INTRODUCTION First and Second Chronicles are largely retelling of events recorded in the books of Samuel and Kings, but from a different ...
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THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS
INTRODUCTION Second Kings continues the history of the two Israelite kingdoms where First Kings leaves off. The book may be divided into ...
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THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS
INTRODUCTION First Kings continues the history of the Israelites monarchy begun in the books of Samuel. It may be divided into three part...
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THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL
INTRODUCTION Second Samuel, the sequel to First Samuel, is the history of David's reign as king, first over Judah in the south (chapt...
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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL
INTRODUCTION The book of First Samuel records the transition in Israel from the period of the judges to the monarchy. This change in Isra...
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THE BOOK OF RUTH
INTRODUCTION The peaceful story of Ruth is set in the violent times of The Book of Judges. Ruth, a Moabite women, is married to an Israel...
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THE BOOK OF JUDGES
INTRODUCTION The Book of Judges is composed of stories from the lawless period of Israel's history between the invasion of Canaan and...
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THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
INTRODUCTION The Book of Joshua is the story of the Israelite invasion of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua, the successor of Moses. ...
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DEUTERONOMY
INTRODUCTION The book of Deuteronomy is organized as a series of addresses given by Moses to the people of Israel in the land of Moab, wh...
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NUMBERS
INTRODUCTION The book of Numbers tells the story of the Israelites during the nearly forty years from the time they left Mount Sinai unti...
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LEVITICUS
INTRODUCTION Leviticus contains regulations for worship and religious ceremonies in ancient Israel, and for the priests who were responsib...
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