66 Books of Bible Study
The Books of Kings
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third and fourth books of Kings, the two books of Samuel being the first and second [...]
The Book of Proverbs is a collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic form.
This book sets forth the “philosophy of practical life. It is the sign to us that the Bible does not despise common sense and discretion. It impresses upon us in the most [...]
The Book of Esther is a fascinating Bible Story and one of the most interesting of the 66 Books of the Bible.
Authorship
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasuerus (the Xerxes of the Greeks), which took place B.C. 465. The minute and particular account also [...]
The Book of Ruth was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books of the Hebrew Bible.
The history it contains refers to a period perhaps about one hundred and twenty-six years before the birth of David.
It gives
(1) an account of Naomi’s going to [...]
Book of Judges, is so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men who bore the title of the “judges.”
The book of Ruth originally formed part of this book, but about A.D. 450 it was separated from it and placed in the Hebrew scriptures immediately after [...]
The psalms are the production of various authors and is the Bible book most mentioned among the 66 books. “Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author.
Other inspired poets in successive generations added one after another contribution to the sacred collection, and thus in the wisdom of Providence [...]
Gospel according to Luke, was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord’s ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly narrative of the facts (Luke 1:1-4).
The authors of the first three Gospels, the synoptics, [...]
Gospel of John,
The genuineness of this Gospel, i.e., the fact that the apostle John was its author, is beyond all reasonable doubt. In past times, from about 1820, many attempts have been made to deny its genuineness, but without success.
The design of John in writing this Gospel is stated by himself (John 20:31). It [...]
66 Bible Books of the Bible presents the Gospel according to Mark, the shortest of the Gospel Books.
It is the current and apparently well-founded tradition that Mark derived his information mainly from the discourses of Peter. In his mother’s house he would have abundant opportunities of obtaining information from the other apostles and their [...]
The Gospel according to Matthew. The author of this book was beyond a doubt Matthew, an apostle of our Lord, whose name it bears.
He wrote the Gospel of Christ according to his own plans and aims, and from his own point of view, as did also the other “evangelists.” As to the time [...]
