Bible Books List

Question 1

Genesis

Answer 1

Creation, Abraham, Joseph

Question 2

Exodus

Answer 2

Moses, The Law, The Exodus

Question 3

Leviticus

Answer 3

Relating to the Levites, Info about Priests vs. Laity

Question 4

Numbers

Answer 4

From Mt. Sinai to Moab; before crossing the Jordon River

Question 5

Deuteronomy

Answer 5

Second Law; Three speeches by Moses before entering the Promised Land

Question 6

Joshua (Josue)

Answer 6

Entry of the Israelites into Canaan, their conquest and division of the land under the leadership of Joshua, and of serving God in the land.

Question 7

Judges

Answer 7

Divinely inspired leaders whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as champions for the Israelites from oppression by foreign rulers, and models of wise and faithful behaviour required of them by their god Yahweh following the exodus from Egypt and conquest of Canaan

Question 8

Ruth

Answer 8

Ruth’s accepting the God of the Israelites as her God and the Israelite people as her own

Question 9

1 Samuel (1 Kings)

Answer 9

Samuel’s birth and of how God called to him as a boy.

Question 10

2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms)

Answer 10

David commits adultery with Bathsheba and plots the death of her husband; for this God punishes him, saying that the sword shall never depart from his house

Question 11

1 Kings (3 Kings)

Answer 11

The death of David to the release of his successor Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon, a period of some 400 years

Question 12

2 Kings (4 Kingdoms)

Answer 12

The death of David to the release of his successor Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon, a period of some 400 years

Question 13

1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon)

Answer 13

The history told in Chronicles begins with Adam, and the story is then carried forward, almost entirely by genealogical lists, down to the founding of the Israelite monarchy

Question 14

2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon)

Answer 14

The history told in Chronicles begins with Adam, and the story is then carried forward, almost entirely by genealogical lists, down to the founding of the Israelite monarchy

Question 15

Ezra (1 Esdras)

Answer 15

The Return to Zion following the close of the Babylonian captivity

Question 16

Nehemiah (2 Esdras)

Answer 16

It concerns the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah

Question 17

Tobit (Tobias)

Answer 17

The book is cited for its teaching on the intercession of angels, filial piety, and reverence for the dead.

Question 18

1 Maccabees (1 Machabees)

Answer 18

A century after the conquest of Judea by the Greeks under Alexander the Great; the Greek ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to suppress the practice of basic Jewish law.

Question 19

2 Maccabees (2 Machabees)

Answer 19

Focuses on the Jews’ revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the hero of the work.

Question 20

Judith

Answer 20

The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors

Question 21

Esther

Answer 21

Esther became queen of Persia and thwarted a plan to commit genocide against her people.

Question 22

Job

Answer 22

The story of Job, his trials at the hands of a character referred to as “the satan”, in Hebrew, or in English, “the accuser”, his discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response from God.

Question 23

Psalms

Answer 23

It contains Psalms. Duh.

Question 24

Proverbs

Answer 24

Collection of collections relating to a pattern of life which lasted for more than a millennium

Question 25

Ecclesiastes

Answer 25

Ecclesiastes is presented as the autobiography of Koheleth, the Teacher

Question 26

Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles)

Answer 26

It celebrates sexual love.

Question 27

Wisdom

Answer 27

The first nine chapters treating of Wisdom under its more speculative aspect, and the last ten chapters dealing with Wisdom from an historical standpoint.

Question 28

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Answer 28

The Wisdom of Sirach is a collection of ethical teachings. Thus Ecclesiasticus closely resembles Proverbs, except that, unlike the latter, it is presented as the work of a single author, not an anthology of maxims drawn from various sources.