A Categorization of Old Testament Books
Author: Steve Amato
Keywords: bible study,bible, history, old testament, survey

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# Old Testament Categorized

Category | Book | Topic
### The Torah ### (The Law of Moses) | Genesis | Beginnings
Exodus | From Egypt to the Law
Leviticus | Ceremonial Sanctification
Numbers | Desert Wanderings
Deuteronomy | Applications of the Law
### History | Joshua | Taking the Promise Land
Judges | Falling and getting up
Ruth | David's Moabite Grandmother
1Samuel | Saul's Reigns and persecutes David
2Samuel | David Reigns
1Kings | The divided Kingdom
2Kings
1Chronicles | The divided Kingdom - a Priestly perspective
2Chronicles
Ezra | Return from Exile: The Priest & the Law
Nehemiah | Return from Exile: The Administrator & the Wall
Esther | Israel delivered by a Jewish-Persian Princess
### Poetry | Job | When bad things happen to good people
Psalms | Prayer and Praise
Proverbs | Wise Living
Ecclesiastes | The Vanity of Life
Song of Solomon | Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
### Major Prophets | Isaiah | Prophecies of Judgment and Salvation
Jeremiah | Prophecies leading up to the Babylonian capt.
Lamentations | Lamenting for the captivity
Ezekiel | Visions during the Captivity
Daniel | Prophecies of human history
### Minor Prophets | Hosea | Prophecies to Israel
Joel | Prophecies to Judah
Amos | Prophecies to Israel
Obadiah | Prophecies to Edom
Jonah | Reluctant Prophet to Ninevah
Micah | Prophecies to Israel
Nahum | Prophecies to Ninevah
Habakkuk | God's limited toleration
Zephaniah | Prophecies against the nations and prophecies of repentance and restoration.
Haggai | Prophecies of Restoration
Zechariah | Restoration and judgment
Malachi | Exhortations to the remnant

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