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- Tobit, written 225-175 BCE. This book tells the story of two Israelite people, a blind man named Tobit living in Nineveh and a woman named Sarah, living in a city called Ecbatana.
- Judith, written about 100 BCE. Judith, a Jewish widow, attracts and seduces an Assyrian general besieging her city. Having ingratiated herself with him, she waits until he is drunk and then decapitates him, saving the capital Jerusalem from total destruction.
- Esther, written around 115 BCE. Although the Hebrew version of Esther is canonical, the Greek translation adds six sections to it. Esther is the story of an Israelite woman who saves her people from an anti-Israelite Persian plot.
- Wisdom of Solomon, written around 50 BCE. This book centers on the importance of Wisdom as related to humans and to God. It may have influenced the famous prologue of the Gospel of John, with wisdom replaced by the “Word.”
Mar 30, 2022 · Few of the books of the Bible specifically name their author. Here are the books of the Bible along with the name of who is most assumed by biblical scholars to be the author, along with the approximate date of authorship: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy = Moses - 1400 B.C. Joshua = Joshua - 1350 B.C.
- Narrative/ Historical
- Poetry
- Wisdom Literature
- Prophecy
- Gospels
- Epistles/ Teachings
- Conclusion
The Bible contains narrative throughout most of its books. These report accounts or stories of events or people as they encounter God, sin against each other or live out their lives. It records historical accounts of events as well as providing descriptions of what is happening in particular scenes. Narrative is relatively straight forward to read....
The Bible contains poetic literature, often found in the Old Testament in the form of Hebrew poetry. This isn’t purely poetry in the way we might understand it in modern literature today. Hebrew poetry employs various devices to get their point across. These include books like Psalms (which are essentially a bunch of songs) and the Song of Solomon ...
This includes books like Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job. Proverbs comprises of many wise sayings that offer advice for different types of situations. With books like Ecclesiastes and Job, we need to understand who is speaking or expressing their views. The protagonists are not necessarily always correct in what they are thinking. For example, Job i...
Prophecy in the Bible often takes the form of oracles or visions. In these, the prophet reveals hidden knowledge of God and his plans. Prophecy appears in many books of the Old Testament. The prophetic Old Testament books are divided into the 4 major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel) and the 12 minor prophets (eg Hosea, Obadiah, Micah...
Although Gospels contain elements of historical narrative, they go beyond this, making them their own genre altogether. The purpose of the gospels is to proclaim Jesus and to point to him, his teaching and his works. As Luke writes at the beginning of his gospel in Luke 1:1-4 John also writes in John 20:30-31 Scholars often refer to John’s Gospel a...
The New Testament contains a number of epistles or letters written by various apostles such as Paul, Peter or John to different audiences. These are usually either churches in a particular region or specific individuals. These letters contain teaching and doctrine. These explain and elaborate on the truths of the Gospels and other parts of the Old ...
It’s important to know the literary genre of the book we’re reading in the Bible. If we neglect this, it can lead to misunderstandings and wrong assumptions. We can also end up applying God’s word in the wrong way. Which literary genre of the Bible do you find easiest to read and understand? And which one do you find the most difficult? Leave your ...
Jan 4, 2022 · When the New Testament was being written, the individual books and letters were immediately accepted as God’s Word and circulated for the benefits of others. The church of Thessalonica received Paul’s word as the Word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
(Brodie 2001: 429). In 2002, independently of Brodie, Jan-Wim Wesselius produced a comparative study, concluding that the nine books of the Primary History were directly dependent upon Herodotus’ nine books of the Histories and had been written by a single author sometime in the fifth century BCE (Wesselius 2002). The idea of a single author ...
Aug 19, 2024 · Of the 66 books total, the Bible is divided into the 39 books of the Old Testament (before Christ) and the 27 books of the New Testament (after Christ). Beyond that, the order is grouped by literary genre as follows: Old Testament. - Books of law: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. - Books of history: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 ...
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Oct 23, 2023 · In terms of authorship, most scholars, Alice L. Laffey writes, agree that these books “originally existed in fragments written at different times by different people in different places.”. In other words, we are again dealing with multiple anonymous authors behind the final product.
