Books of the Bible and Summary of Each

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡

Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝟑𝟗 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥:

Pentateuch – 5 books
Genesis	Creation, the Fall, the Flood, spread of the nations, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Enslavement in Egypt.
Exodus	Enslavement, Moses, 10 plagues, Passover, Leave Egypt, Red Sea Crossing, Mt. Sinai and the 10 Commandments
Leviticus	Instructions on sacrificial system and the priesthood. Instructions on moral purity.
Numbers	Still at Mt. Sinai, people make false idol, punishment, 40-years wandering begins.
Deuteronomy	Moses’ discourses on God’s Acts for Israel the Decalogue, the ceremonial, civil, and social Laws, and covenant ratification.

Historical Books – 12 books
Joshua	First half of Joshua describes the 7-year conquest of the Land of Promise. The last half deals with partitioning the lands to the people.
Judges	Time of Judges. This was a bad time period. The Israelites did not drive out all the inhabitants of Canaan and began to take part in their idolatry. 7 cycles of foreign oppression, repentance, and deliverance. In the end, the people failed to learn their lesson.
Ruth	Kinsman redeemer in Boaz, redeeming Ruth, a Moabitess. Speaks of righteousness, love, and faithfulness to the Lord.
1 Samuel	Samuel carries Israel from judges to King Saul
2 Samuel	David as King, adultery, and murder.
1 Kings	Solomon, Israel is powerful. Solomon dies, then division of tribes: 10 to the north and 2 to the south.
2 Kings	The Divided Kingdom. All 19 kings of Israel were bad, therefore, captivity in Assyria (722 B.C.). In Judah, 8 of 20 rulers were good but went into exile, too.
1 Chronicles	A recounting of the history of Israel to the time of Solomon.
2 Chronicles	Continued recounting of the life of Solomon, building of temple, to the captivity. History of Judah only.
Ezra	Cyrus let most of the Jews return to their land of Israel. Zerubbabel led the people (539 B.C.). Ezra returned later with more Jews (458 B.C.) Built the temple.
Nehemiah	Building the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah got permission from the king of Persia to rebuild the walls (444 B.C.). Revival in the land.
Esther	Took place during chapters 6 and 7 of Ezra. Mordecai. Plot to kill the Jewish people.

Poetic Books – 5 books
Job	A righteous man tested by God. Deals with God’s sovereignty.
Psalms	Consists of 5 divisions. Worship in song. Large variety of subjects.
Proverbs	Practical wisdom in everyday affairs.
Ecclesiastes	All is vanity. The wisdom of man is futility.
Song of Solomon	A song (between Solomon and his Shulammite bride) displaying the love between a man and a woman.

Prophetic Books – 17 books
Isaiah	Looks at the sin of Judah and proclaims God’s judgment. Hezekiah. Coming restoration and blessing.
Jeremiah	Called by God to proclaim the news of judgment to Judah, which came. God establishes a New Covenant.
Lamentations	5 lament poems. Description of defeat and fall of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel	He ministered to the Jews in Captivity in Babylon. Description of the end of times.
Daniel	Many visions of the future for the Gentiles and the Jews.
Hosea	Story of Hosea and his unfaithful wife, Gomer. Represents God’s love and faithfulness and Israel’s spiritual adultery. Israel will be judged and restored.
Joel	Proclaims a terrifying future using the imagery of locusts. Judgment will come, but blessing will follow.
Amos	He warned Israel of its coming judgment. Israel rejects God’s warning.
Obadiah	A proclamation against Edom, a neighboring nation of Israel that gloated over Jerusalem’s judgments. Prophecy of its utter destruction.
Jonah	Jonah proclaims a coming judgment upon Nineveh’s people, but they repented and judgment was spared.
Micah	Description of the complete moral decay in all levels of Israel. God will judge but will forgive and restore.
Nahum	Nineveh has gone into apostasy (approx. 125 years after Jonah) and will be destroyed.
Habakkuk	Near the end of the kingdom of Judah, Habakkuk asks God why He is not dealing with Judah’s sins. God says He will use the Babylonians. Habakkuk asks how God can use a nation that is even worse than Judah.
Zephaniah	The theme is developed of the Day of the Lord and His judgment with a coming blessing. Judah will not repent except for a remnant, which will be restored.
Haggai	The people failed to put God first by building their houses before they finished God’s temple. Therefore, they had no prosperity.
Zechariah	Zechariah encourages the Jews to complete the temple. Many messianic prophecies.
Malachi	God’s people are lax in their duty to God. Growing distant from God. Moral compromise. Proclamation of coming judgment.

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝟐𝟕 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥:

Historical Books – 5 books
Matthew	Presents Jesus as the Messiah. Genealogy of Jesus through Joseph. Fulfillment of O.T. prophecy.
Mark	Presents Jesus as the Servant. 1/3 of the gospel deals with the last week of His life.
Luke	Presents Jesus as the Son of Man to seek and save the lost. Genealogy of Jesus through Mary. Largest of the gospels.
John	Presents Jesus as God in flesh, the Christ, so that you might believe.
Acts	Historical account from Jesus’ ascension to travels of Paul in his missionary journeys.

Pauline Epistles – 13 books
Romans	A systematic examination of justification, sanctification, and glorification. Examines God’s plan for the Jews and the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians	This letter deals with factions and corrections due to immorality, lawsuits, and abuse of the Lord’s Supper. Also mentions idols, marriage, and the resurrection.
2 Corinthians	Paul’s defense of his apostolic position.
Galatians	Paul refutes the errors of legalism and examines the proper place of grace in the Christian’s life.
Ephesians	The believer’s position in Christ and information on Spiritual warfare.
Philippians	Paul speaks of his imprisonment and his love for the Philippians. He exhorts them to godliness and warns them of legalism.
Colossians	Paul focuses on the preeminence of Jesus in creation, redemption, and godliness.
1 Thessalonians	Paul’s ministry to the Thessalonians. Teachings on purity and mention of the return of Christ.
2 Thessalonians	Corrections on the Day of the Lord.
1 Timothy	Instructions to Timothy on proper leadership and dealings with false teachers, the role of women, prayer, and requirements of elders and deacons.
2 Timothy	A letter of encouragement to Timothy to be strong.
Titus	Paul left Titus in Crete to care for the churches there. Requirements for elders.
Philemon	A letter to the owner of a runaway slave. Paul appeals to Philemon to forgive Onesimus.

Non-Pauline Epistles – 9 books
Hebrews	A letter to the Hebrew Christians in danger of returning to Judaism. It demonstrates the superiority of Jesus over the O.T. system. Mentions the Melchizedek priesthood. (Hebrews may be of Pauline origin. There is much debate on its authorship).
James	A practical exhortation of believers to live a Christian life evidencing regeneration. It urges self-examination of the evidence of the changed life.
1 Peter	Peter wrote this letter to encourage its recipients in the light of their suffering and be humble in it. Mentions baptism.
2 Peter	Deals with the person on an inward level, warnings against false teachers, and mentions the Day of the Lord.
1 John	John describes true fellowship of the believers with other believers and with God. God as light and love. Encourages a holy Christian walk before the Lord. Much mention of Christian love.
2 John	Praise for walking in Christ and a reminder to walk in God’s love.
3 John	John thanks Gaius for his kindness to God’s people and rebukes Diotrephes.
Jude	Exposing false teachers and uses O.T. allusions to demonstrate the judgment upon them. Contends for the faith.
Revelation	A highly symbolic vision of the future rebellion, judgment, and consummation of all things.

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! – 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝟑 𝐢𝐧 𝟏, 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬