66 Books of Bible Study
Book of Ezra, is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time included in Nehemiah, the Jews regarding them as one volume. The two are still distinguished in the Vulgate version as I. and II. Esdras.
It consists of two principal divisions:
(1.) The history of [...]
Books of I & II Samuel,
Many translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, which they divided into four books, which they called “Books of the Kingdom.”
The Vulgate version followed this division, but styled them “Books of the Kings.” These books of Samuel they accordingly called the “First” [...]
The Book of Isaiah consists of prophecies delivered
in the reign of Uzziah (Chapters 1-5),
of Jotham (Chapter 6),
Ahaz (Chapters 7-14:28),
the first half of Hezekiah’s reign (Chapters 14:28-35),
the second half of Hezekiah’s reign (Chapters 36-66).
Thus, counting from the fourth year before Uzziah’s death (B.C. 762) to the last year of Hezekiah (B.C. [...]
The two books of Chronicles, were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew _Dibre hayyamim_, i.e., “Acts of the Days.”
This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence “Chronicles.” In the Septuagint version, the book is divided into two, and bears the title Paraleipomena, i.e., “things [...]
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 [...]
