Books & Meanings

[Christina]

THE OLD TESTAMENT - 39 BOOKS The Law(Torah) ~ ~The Five Books of the Pentateuch~ ~-1. Genesis 'Bereshith' - In the beginning -2. Exodus 'veelleh shemoth' - Redemption -3. Leviticus 'vayyikra' - Worship -4. Numbers 'Bemidbar' - In the wilderness -5. Deuteronomy 'Haddebarim' - The words ~ ~The History~ ~-6. Joshua 'Yahsua' (Jesus) - Yahveh (God) the Savior -7. Judges - 'Shophetim' - Rulers -8. Ruth - A Story of Loyalty -9. I Samuel - 'Shemuel' - Asked of God 10. II Samuel 11. I Kings - The Kingdom United 12. II Kings - The Kingdom Divided 13. I Chronicles - 'Dibrei hayyamim' - Words of the days 14. II Chronicles 15. Ezra - Born in confusion 16. Nehemiah - Comforter of Yahveh (God) 17. Esther 'Estthur' - The Hidden Star ~ ~The Books of Poetry~ ~18. Job 'Iyyob' - Persecuted 19. Psalms 'Tehillim' - Songs, to rejoice 20. Proverbs 'Mishlai - To rule 21. Ecclesiastes 'Koheleth' - The Preacher 22. Song of Soloman 'Shir Hashshirim' - Songs of Songs ~ ~The Major Prophets~ ~23. Isaiah - Salvation of Yahveh (God) 24. Jeremiah - Launches Forth 25. Lamentations - One God sends forth 26. Ezekiel ' Yehezkel' - El is strong 27. Daniel - God my Judge ~ ~The Minor Prophets~ ~28. Hosea 'Hoshea' - Salvation 29. Joel - Yahveh (God) is God 30. Amos - Burden 31. Obadiah - Servant of Yahveh (God) 32. Jonah - Warmth of a dove 33. Micah - Who is like Yahveh (God)? 34. Nahum - The compassionate, or consoler 35. Habakkuk - To embrace 36. Zephaniah - Hidden of Yahveh (God) 37. Haggai - Feast or Festival 38. Zechariah - Remembered of Yahveh (God) 39. Malachi - My mesenger --------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE NEW TESTAMENT - 27 Books ~ ~The Four Gospels~ ~-1. Matthew - Jesus, the True King -2. Mark - Jesus, the Servant of All -3. Luke - Jesus, the Man of Compassion -4. John - Jesus, the Son of God ~ ~The Acts~ ~-5. Acts - The Acts of the Apostles ~ ~The Epistles/Letters~ ~-6. Romans - God's Plan to Save Us -7. I Corinthians - The problems of the Church, Corinth -8. II Corinthians - Paul answers His Accusers -9. Galations - Christianity as a Reality, not 'Traditions' 10. Ephesians - We are One in Christ 11. Philipians - Serve Others with Joy 12. Colossians - Jesus is above all things 13. I Thessalonians - Encouragement for New Christians 14. II Thessalonians - The Return of Christ 15. I Timothy - Advice to a Younger Preacher 16. II Timothy - Encouragement to a Soldier of Christ 17. Titus - Instructions for Doing Good 18. Philemon - A Slave Becomes a Christian 19. Hebrews - A Better Life Through Christ 20. James - How to Live as a Christian 21. I Peter - written to God's Elect 22. II Peter - Correcting the False Teachings 23. I John - The Love of God 24. II John - Beware of the False Teachers 25. III John - Love to Those Who Walk in the Truth 26. Jude - Warnings of 'evil' men and false teachers ~ ~The Apocalypse~ ~ "apokalupsis" - to reveal, prophecy27. Revelation - The uncovering