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Old Testament 39 books
Law
History
- JoshuaIsrael enters the promised land.
- JudgesThe years before Israel had kings.
- RuthA widow from Moab stays loyal to her mother-in-law and finds a new home.
- 1 SamuelIsrael asks for a king.
- 2 SamuelDavid rules as king.
- 1 KingsKing Solomon builds the temple, then the kingdom splits in two.
- 2 KingsThe prophet Elisha, then the fall of both kingdoms.
- 1 ChroniclesIsrael's history retold, from Adam to King David.
- 2 ChroniclesJudah's history from Solomon to the exile.
- EzraThe people come home from exile in Babylon.
- NehemiahNehemiah leads the people to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, even when others try to stop them.
- EstherA Jewish queen in Persia risks her life to save her people from a plan to destroy them.
Wisdom & Poetry
Major Prophets
Minor Prophets
- HoseaGod tells the prophet Hosea to marry a woman who leaves him.
- JoelA plague of locusts becomes a warning.
- AmosA shepherd becomes a prophet and speaks up for the poor.
- ObadiahThe shortest book in the Old Testament.
- JonahA prophet runs from God and is swallowed by a great fish.
- MicahA prophet speaks to rulers and ordinary people.
- NahumA poem about the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
- HabakkukA prophet asks God why evil goes unpunished.
- ZephaniahA warning of judgment, then a tender promise.
- HaggaiThe people have built their own houses, but God's temple still lies in ruins.
- ZechariahVisions in the night about God's future for Jerusalem, including a king who comes riding on a donkey.
- MalachiThe last book of the Old Testament.
New Testament 27 books
Gospels
Early Church
Pauline Epistles
- RomansPaul's longest letter.
- 1 CorinthiansPaul writes to a church that is divided.
- 2 CorinthiansPaul's most personal letter.
- GalatiansPaul says people are made right with God through faith in Jesus, not by keeping the law.
- EphesiansWhat it means to belong to the church.
- PhilippiansA letter of joy, written from prison.
- ColossiansA short letter about who Jesus is.
- 1 ThessaloniansPaul's earliest letter, to a young church.
- 2 ThessaloniansPaul writes again about Jesus's return.
- 1 TimothyPaul writes to a young church leader.
- 2 TimothyPaul's last letter, written from prison.
- TitusPaul writes to a church leader on the island of Crete about building a healthy church.
- PhilemonA one-page letter.
General Epistles
- HebrewsJesus is the great high priest who gave himself once for all.
- JamesFaith that is real shows up in how we live.
- 1 PeterA letter of hope to Christians who were suffering for their faith.
- 2 PeterPeter warns about false teachers and reminds the church that Jesus will return.
- 1 JohnGod is love.
- 2 JohnA very short letter about truth and love.
- 3 JohnA short personal letter about welcoming traveling teachers.
- JudeA short letter that urges Christians to hold on to the faith.
Apocalyptic
Apocrypha 14 books
Books from between the Old and New Testaments. Lutherans read them as useful and good, but not equal to Scripture.
Historical
- 1 EsdrasAnother telling of the return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple.
- 2 EsdrasVisions given to Ezra.
- TobitA faithful family, an angel in disguise, and a long journey home.
- JudithA brave widow saves her town from an invading army.
- Esther (Greek)Six additional passages found in the Greek text of Esther but not the Hebrew, including prayers by Mordecai and Esther and the texts of royal decrees.
- 1 MaccabeesA Jewish family leads a revolt against a king who banned their worship.
- 2 MaccabeesThe same revolt told another way, with more focus on faithfulness and martyrs.
Wisdom
Prophetic
Additions to Daniel
- The Song of the Three Holy ChildrenAn expansion within Daniel 3, containing the prayer of Azariah and the song the three young men sang as they walked unhurt in the fiery furnace.
- SusannaA woman is falsely accused by two judges.
- Bel and the DragonTwo stories about Daniel showing that idols are not gods.