Simmary of the books of the Old Testament

It is viewed in a kingship pattern that has four aspects: the occasion for the conflict, battle, kingship, and the building (50). These four aspects are described in the narrative of the Pentateuch, and specifically in Exodus, which brings coherence to the following books (50). Genesis captures the conflict and Exodus begins with the solution to the problem. Leviticus builds, which involves with the building of the Tabernacle, where God dwells among His people. Numbers is concern with the battle and Deuteronomy prepares and reminds the younger generation of the conflict and rebuilding of the temple. With the kingship pattern, the meaning of the Pentateuch is also identified. The Pentateuch provides a dwelling place for God, which later is seen through Christ (55-58).

In the Chapters 1-11 of Genesis, God provides the story of creation and the genealogy of those who maintained God’s laws; together with, identifying those from evil lineage, and those who remained pure in the blood and spirit of God. For instance, After Cain killed Abe, God blessed Adam and Eve with Seth, and Cain was removed from God’s presence. This began the first split between good and evil. Likewise, the Bible gives those descendants from Cain and Seth, so future generations know their true lineage and who was responsible for God’s wrath in the great flood. After the flood Noah, Shem, Japheth, Ham, Canaan Ham’s son, and their wives were left to repopulate the world, but Canaan was cursed over something his father did to Noah. This resulted

From there, Genesis is typically read and interpreted in three different ways: generically, theologically, and literarily. First, in a general reading of the book, Genesis may be split into two parts where chapters 1-11 tells the story of mankind in a universal scale that leads to a narrower view in the personal stories of the patriarchs in chapters 12-50. Then in reading the text theologically, readers should recognize the need for a covenant people (chapters 1-11) and the subsequent formation of the covenant (chapters 12-50). This was presented through the establishment of YHWH’s covenant people (chapters 12-37) and their preservation in Egypt before entering the Promised Land (chapters 37-50). Finally, in a literary context, a ten-fold Toledoth (translated as “generations” in Hebrew) is shown in two spans: Span 1 illustrates the five generations from Adam to Abraham (chapters 2:4-11:26), while Span 2 unveils the five generations from Abraham to Israel (chapters 11:27-50:26). These three interpretative measures are interesting to note because no matter what angle a reader may approach Genesis, it all leads to the coming Messiah. This is further emphasized in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1, in which the line of Christ is traced back to Abraham, displaying the

Although this is how 1 Kings ends, with Solomon turning away from God, the whole book makes its message across of how Solomon was in the right path when he worshiped no one else but the LORD. When Solomon started to break Moses’ laws, the misfortune began to develop in the kingdom. Solomon worst mistake was that he began to worship other gods, he build temples for them, and practiced rites. He broke his faith with God and favor the ways of other foreigners over the ones from Israel. The kingdom split in two, but all this was the effect of Solomon’s betrayal. The ending of the first book of Kings could be considered as an analogy of how our life could fall apart like Israel, if we do not have absolute faithfulness to God, and let him be the center of our

The most important human in the book of Genesis is Abraham because of his relationship that he developed with God. God uses Abraham as a way for his people to be allotted from other nations. God and Abraham make an agreement with each other that if he leaves his nation and follow him that he will bless Abraham with a child.

There are many great leaders in the Old Testament of the Bible. However, there are some that deserve far more respect than others, and there are others that do not even have the great appearance or qualifications of a leader. Just as there are leaders such as these, a person that is related to both of these types of leaders is our Savior, Jesus Christ. The Old Testament leaders of the Bible that deserve more respect or do not have the greatest appearances or qualifications of a leader are easily compared and contrasted to Jesus 's life and ministry.

The approved books of the Hebrew Bible, that were inspired by God were called the "canon" of Scripture. The Greek word canon means rod or ruler, which is a form of measurement. The Jewish Rabbis and the Christian Community used a measurement process to select the books they thought was authoritative. Authoritative is defined as, “able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable” (Dictionary, 2014). The Biblical Scriptures was recorded on scrolls, a roll of parchment paper for writing.

There are infinite interpretations of the old and new testimony, as the words are to be taken by the reader in a sense in which it can be interpreted. My interpretation of the Old Testament however, consists of the fact that numerous writers, several languages, origin of creation and the ever growing history of the bible are all still under speculation. It is said that the Old Testament considered up to thirty authors, some of which are undocumented. Believers of the Old Testament declare that Moses, a character in the Bible, wrote the first five books of the Bible, further named, the "Torah". A separate being, known as David, is considered the most notable author of another book in the bible titled the "Psalms". Though these authors are portrayed as rather significant, scientists look beyond the broad spectrum of what was written and or who had written it, and have expanded into speculating what language the bible had been written.

Chapters 1–12: Isaiah reflects the changes in history and the prophets react to those changes that come to the cities of Judah, because of the sins of the people. Such as: Rebellion against God, Ritualistic and meaningless worship, Idolatry, Rampant Injustice, Arrogance and Drunkenness (Tullock & McEntire, 2012).

Dating back to biblical times, criminological behavior has always been part of humanity. The old testament in Christian bibles is a book composed of stories and recollections dating to an era before the existence of Christ. Though the bible does not include words such as “suspect, crime, criminal, or victim” there are concepts and descriptions used to describe such a person or behaviors. As the human race develops through time, advancements in criminology emerge and a better understanding of victims comes to life. Today, there are many different fields of study that relate to victimology and many disciplines are working together to better understand and explain why certain crimes happen to certain individuals.

Genesis tells us that ‘in the beginning God created the heavens and earth’ and then informs us of the beginning of man in the Garden of Eden. This story develops as Adam and Eve are thrown from the Garden out into the harsh world. This is a prime example of God’s love towards what would become the Israelites because even though he could have wiped them from the earth and restarted he chose to allow them to leave the Garden and begin to populate the earth. This love would follow the members of Adam’s family pass the Great Flood onto the ancestor of the Israelites, Abraham.

The Old Testament is divided into many sections. Each has its own purpose and its own style of writing. The first section of the Old Testament is known as the Pentateuch and contains the first five books of the Bible.. It includes the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The next section, the historical books, tell the history of the Israelite people. This section includes the books of Judges, Kings, and Esther. The third section, the wisdom books, contain ideals on morality and guidance on how the Israelites should live their life. Finally, the Prophetic books, the fourth section, is composed of the writings of the prophets, God’s messengers, to Israel.

One book in The Old Testament will be discussed along with four of the first chapters in The New Testament. These books offered more messages than biblical history. The four gospels in The New Testament were written in a time where Jesus was born. He was born to offer hope and salvation to people in the nation of Israel. Most importantly, humans are able to have a complete relationship with God through his son, Jesus. God has still continued to work in mysterious ways and bless those who devote their life to him. Jesus lived to give good tithings to people and offer salvation to the Jews. He was the one to show people God. Jesus had continued to work with and through people to reveal God’s almighty power.

The key themes that run through several stories in Genesis are Faith and trust in God. For Instance, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. It was by faith the Abraham obey God and trusted in him. God stops Abraham and ends up providing a lamb instead to be sacrifice. Another Key we see through the books of Genesis is God’s covenant, promises. God promises after the flood to Noah in Genesis 9:1 “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth”. He also made many covenants to Abraham, one of them among others was to give him a child by his wife Sarah. In Genesis 17:16, “I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of

The timeline of genesis begins with God’s creation of earth and ends with the death of Joseph, who was the eleventh of Jacob’s twelve sons. Although it is not possible to date the creation of earth, it is possible to determine the dates of events in Genesis. The birth of Abraham was approximately in 2166 B.C and the death of Joseph was approximately 1806 B.C. The book was originally written in Hebrew, and its Hebrew name was Bereshith, which means “The Beginning”. Eventually it was translated from Hebrew to Greek in approximately 250 B.C. One of the purposes of writing Genesis was to trace major historical events from the beginning of time. Many different writers wrote parts of Genesis, but Moses, the messenger of the Lord, received credit for putting it together.