Old Testament Level 3

 LEVEL THREE
(All articles in PDF format)

 

Article one: Introduction to the Bible.

 

THE PENTATEUCH

 

GENESIS 

Article two: Introduction to the Pentateuch (Chapters 1-2) 
Article three: The Fall and the Spread of Sin (Chapters 3-11). 
Article four: The Patriarchs — Abraham (Chapters 12-25)
Article five: The Patriarchs — Isaac and Jacob (Chapters 25-36)
Article six: The Patriarchs — Joseph (Chapters 37-50)

 

EXODUS 

The book of Exodus is the most important book of the Old Testament because it recounts the two most important events in Israel’s history: her [or the Israelites’] liberation from Egypt and the Sinai covenant.    

Article Seven:    Israel’s Liberation from Slavery (Chapters 1-12)
Article Eight:    Israel’s Journey into the Wilderness (Chapters 12-18)
Article Nine:    The Sinai Covenant (Chapters 19-40)

 

LEVITICUS 

Article Ten:    Israel’s Call To Holiness (Chapters 1-10)
Article Eleven:    The Holiness Code (Chapters 11-27)

 

NUMBERS

Article Twelve:    Preparation for Departure from the Sinai (Chapters 1-10)
Article Thirteen:    Grumbling and Rebellion in the Desert (Chapters 10-21)
Article Fourteen:    On the Plains of Moab (Chapters 22-36)

 

DEUTERONOMY 

Article Fifteen:    A Call to Choose Life through Obedience to God’s Word (Chapters 1-11)
Article Sixteen:    Rules and Regulations for Daily Life (Chapters 12-28)
Article Seventeen:    A Covenant Appeal — Promise of Forgiveness (Chapters 29-32)

 

THE HISTORICAL BOOKS

 

JOSHUA 

Article Eighteen:    A Promise Fulfilled (Chapters 1-6)
Article Nineteen:    The Conquest Continues (Chapters 7-24)

 

JUDGES 

Article Twenty:    Struggle between Faith and Culture (Chapters 1-8)
Article Twenty-One:    The Struggle Continues (Chapters 9-21)

 

RUTH 

Article Twenty-two:    The Faithful Woman — God’s Universal Love

 

1 SAMUEL 

Article Twenty-three:    Samuel (Chapters 1-7)
Article Twenty-four:    The Monarchy (Chapters 8-17)
Article Twenty-five:    Decline of Saul and Rise of David (Chapters 18-31)

 

2 SAMUEL 

Article Twenty-six:    David’s Rise to Power (Chapters 1-10)
Article Twenty-seven:    David’s Sin and its Consequences (Chapters 11-16)
Article Twenty-eight:    David’s Troubles Continue (Chapters 17-24)

 

1 KINGS

Article Twenty-nine:    Kingdom United (Chapters 1-11)
Article Thirty:    A Kingdom Divided (Chapters 12-22)

 

2 KINGS

Article Thirty-one:    The Prophetic Ministry of Elisha (Chapters 1-17)
Article Thirty-two:    The Kingdom after Judah (after 721 B.C.) (Chapters 18-25)

 

1 CHRONICLES

Article Thirty-three:    Genealogy and the Reign of David (Chapters 1-29) 

 

2 CHRONICLES

Article Thirty-four:    Solomon and the Kings of Judah (Chapters 1-36)

 

EZRA

Article Thirty-five:    Ezra – The Period of Restoration (Chapters 1-10)

 

NEHEMIAH

Article Thirty-six:    Nehemiah – Rebuilding and Restoration (Chapters 1-13)

 

1 MACCABEES

Article Thirty-seven:    The Final Period of the Old Testament, Part One (Chapters 1-16)

 

2 MACCABEES

Article Thirty-eight:    The Final Period of the Old Testament, Part Two (Chapters 1-15)

 

DANIEL

Article Thirty-nine:    Daniel 

 

THREE HISTORICAL NOVELS

 

TOBIT

Article Forty: Tobit

 

JUDITH

Article Forty-one:    Judith

 

ESTHER

Article Forty-two:    Esther

 

THE PROPHETS

Article Forty-three:    Introduction to the Prophets

PRE-EXILIC PROPHETS

Article Forty-four:    Amos – Prophet of Social Justice
Article Forty-five:    Hosea – Prophet of God’s Unconditional Love
Article Forty-six:    First Isaiah – Prophet of God’s Holiness, Part One (Chapters 1-12)
Article Forty-seven:    Isaiah – Prophet of God’s Holiness, Part Two (Chapters 13-39)
Article Forty-eight:    Micah – Prophet of Divine Justice
Article Forty-nine:    Jeremiah – The Mystic in the Marketplace (Chapters 1-25)
Article Fifty:    Jeremiah, Part Two (Chapters 26-52)
Article Fifty-one:    Zephaniah – Prophet of ‘Day of the Lord’
Article Fifty-two:    Nahum – The Prophet of God’s Vengeance
Article Fifty-three:    Habakkuk – The Prophet who Questioned God
Article Fifty-four:    Obadiah 

EXILIC PROPHETS

Article Fifty-five:    Lamentations
Article Fifty-six:    Baruch
Article Fifty-seven:    Ezekiel – The Pantomime Prophet, Part One (Chapters 1-24)
Article Fifty-eight:    Ezekiel, Part Two (Chapters 25-48)
Article Fifty-nine:    Deutero (second) Isaiah – The Book of Consolation (Chapters 40-55)

POST-EXILIC PROPHETS

Article Sixty:    Haggai – The Reconstruction Prophet
Article Sixty-one:    Zechariah
Article Sixty-two:    Trito (Third) Isaiah – After the Return of the Exiles (Chapters 56-66)
Article Sixty-three:    Joel
Article Sixty-four:    Jonah: Prophet of God’s Universal Mercy
Article Sixty-five:    Malachi

 

WISDOM BOOKS

Article Sixty-six:    Wisdom Books — An Introduction

 

PROVERBS

Article Sixty-seven:   Proverbs Part One: Ten Instructions for the Wisdom Seeker (Chapters 1-9)
Article Sixty-eight:   Proverbs Part Two: (Chapters 10-31)

 

JOB

Article Sixty-nine:   Job Part One: God’s Love and Man’s Suffering; Introduction (Chapters 1-2)
Article Seventy:   Job Part Two: Three Cycles of Speeches (Chapters 3-37) 
Article Seventy-one:   Job Part Three: God Speaks (Chapters 38-40)

 

ECCLESIASTES

Article Seventy-two:    Ecclesiastes: “Vanity of Vanities”

 

WISDOM

Article Seventy-three:   The Book of Wisdom

 

SIRACH

Article Seventy-four:   The Book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

 

SONG OF SONGS

Article Seventy-five:   Song of Songs

 

PSALMS

Article Seventy-six:   Introduction
Article Seventy-seven:   Book One: Psalms 1-41
Article Seventy-eight:   Book Two: Psalms 42-72
Article Seventy-nine:   Book Three: Psalms 73-89
Article Eighty:   Psalms: Books Four (90-106) and Five (107-160)