CHAPTER 3
SURVEYING THE BOOKS
OF THE BIBLE

2/23/2014
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Chapter 3 Review Questions and Chapter
3 Directed Reading Guides.
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Keep up with your CS hours!!

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1) Why are the Bible Stories important to us?
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2) Exodus Questions

Survey of the
Old Testament Books
Pentateuch
Most scholars believe that four different oral traditions went into writing the foundational
Pentateuch.
The Historical Books
How God remained faithful to the covenant; how the Israelites struggled to live by its terms
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Genesis
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Exodus
Leviticus
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Numbers
Deuteronomy
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Joshua
Judges
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Ruth
1 and 2 Samuel
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1 and 2 Kings
1 and 2 Chronicles
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Ezra and Nehemiah
Tobit, Judith, and Esther
1 and 2 Maccabees

Survey of the
Old Testament Books
The Wisdom Books
How God works in our everyday lives
Prophetic Books
The biblical prophets were a messengers from God.
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Job
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Psalms
Proverbs
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Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
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Wisdom
Sirach
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Worship the one, true God
Accept God’s love and mercy
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Be just, especially to the poor
Know that God will ultimately triumph

Why Commit the Oral Tradition to writing?
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The end of the world was not coming as quickly as the early
Christians at first thought it would
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Distortions to the
Gospel were occurring
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More instruction was needed

Stage 3:
The New Testament Writings
First written books of the New Testament were the letters of St. Paul
The four Gospels, Acts, Catholic Epistles, and Revelation were probably written in the latter half of the 1 st century

Types of Writing in the
New Testament
Gospels Acts of the Apostles
The heart of the Scriptures!
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Mark (~60—75)
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Matthew (~80—90)
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Luke (~85)
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John (~80—110)
Second part of the
Gospel of Luke
Acts tells the early history of the Church

Types of Writing in the
New Testament
Pauline Letters
Circulated in his name; either written by Paul himself or a disciple of Paul
The Letter to the Hebrews
Emphasizes Christ’s superiority over all creation
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1 and 2 Thessalonians
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Galatians
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Philippians
1 and 2 Corinthians
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Romans
Philemon
Colossians
Ephesians
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Titus
1 and 2 Timothy
Perfect sacrifice of Death on the cross took away sin, fulfilling the promises of the
Old Testament

Types of Writing in the
New Testament
Catholic Epistles Revelation
Letters intended “for all”
(Catholic means
“universal)
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James
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1 and 2 Peter
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Jude
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1, 2 and 3 John
This highly symbolic work’s purpose was to encourage
Christians who were undergoing persecution for their faith in Jesus Christ.

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Reading Guide Due
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Test Chapter 3