OUTLINE OF THE BIBLE

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OLD TESTAMENT
The word “testament” is Latin for covenant.
The covenant with Israel.

I. PRIMARY RECORD(of the Covenant)
Commonly referred to as the Pentateuch (or Torah)

  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy

II. HISTORY(of the people who are in the Covenant)

  • Joshua
  • Judges
  • Ruth
  • 1 Samuel
  • 2 Samuel
  • 1 Kings
  • 2 Kings
  • 1 Chronicles
  • 2 Chronicles
  • Ezra
  • Nehemiah
  • Esther

III. Interpretative and Hortatory(Wisdom Literature)

  • Job
  • Psalms
  • Proverbs
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Song of Songs

IV. Prophetic

MAJOR PROPHETS

  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Lamentations
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel

MINOR PROPHETS

  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi

NEW TESTAMENT
The New Covenant
By Jesus Christ that we share in, through faith and baptism.

I. PRIMARY RECORD(of the Covenant)

GOSPELS: Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus

  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John

II. History(of the People who are in the new Covenant)
Pentecost, The Early Church

  • Acts

III. Interpretative and Horatory (Letters to the Early Church)

PAUL

  • Romans
  • 1 Corinthians
  • 2 Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Ephesians
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • 1 Thessalonians
  • 2 Thessalonians
  • 1 Timothy
  • 2 Timothy
  • Titus
  • Philemon
  • Hebrews
  • James
  • 1 Peter
  • 2 Peter
  • 1 John
  • 2 John
  • 3 John
  • Jude

IV. Prophetic (Jesus to John)

  • Revelations