Ecclesiastes Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Solomon DATE: ca. 935 BC The Hebrew title is Qoheleth means “one who convenes and speaks at an assembly,” or “an ecclesiastic,” or “preacher.” The Greek equivalent,...

Song of Songs Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Solomon DATE: ca. 965 B.C. The Hebrew title for this verse comes from verse 1.  It is The Song of Songs, which means “the most superlative, or best, of songs.”  The English title, also from...

Isaiah Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Isaiah DATE: 740-680 B.C. The prophet Isaiah was the son of Amoz, but nothing is known about this man. What we do know is that God spoke at great length to Isaiah and used him in a mighty way to carry his...

Jeremiah Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Jeremiah DATE: 627-585 B.C. Jeremiah is often called the “weeping prophet” (Jer 9:1; 13:17) or the “prophet of loneliness” because he was commanded not to marry, Jer16:2. Jeremiah is...

Lamentations Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Jeremiah DATE: ca. 586 B.C. The term Lamentations is from a Greek verb meaning “to cry aloud.”  Crying aloud accurately describes this book, which consists of five melancholy poems of mourning...

Ezekiel Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Ezekiel DATE: 592-570 B.C.   From a priestly family (Eze 1:3), Ezekiel’s name means “God strengthens.”  He spent his early years in Jerusalem until he was deported with others to...

Daniel Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Daniel DATE: 537 B.C. AUTHOR: Daniel, from the Tribe of Judah DATE: 537 B.C. The Prophet Daniel, whose name means “God is my judge,” was from the Tribe of Judah.  He was taken captive, when a...

Hosea Overview & Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: HoseaDATE: ca. 710 B.C.We don’t know much about the person of Hosea, but we do know his character.  Like his contemporary, Amos, he prophesied to the Northern Kingdom (Israel) at the same time...

Joel Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Joel DATE: Date Uncertain Joel’s name means Yahweh is God.  Most believe he wrote around 835 B.C., during the days of young King Jehoash (835-796) who was under the regency of priests (because he...

Amos Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Amos DATE: circa 7:30-760 B.C. Amos was a shepherd and a fig farmer (Amos 7:14) in the southern village of Tekoa in Judah (a village 10 mi, or 16 km, S of Jerusalem).  God called Amos (7:15) and sent him to...

Obadiah Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Obadiah DATE: 845 or 586 B.C. Short but Powerful Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, only 21 verses long. It’s also the least read book of all the books in the Bible. Yet, all the...

Jonah Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Jonah DATE: 760 B.C. Although some consider this book to be an allegory, according to 2 Kings 14:25, Jonah was not only a real person but a proven prophet from Gath-hepher near Nazareth. The book is also...

Micah Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Micah 700 B.C. Micah was a Judean from Moresheth.  He preached at the same time as Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea. While Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea were in the Northern Kingdom, and Isaiah was in the city of...

Nahum Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Nahum DATE: 663-612 B.C. Not a lot is known about Nahum.  We do know that his name means consolation and, interestingly, Nahum’s message was to be a consolation, or comfort, to Judah.  It was to be a...

Habakkuk Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Habakkuk DATE: 606-604 B.C. HABAKKUK / AUTHOR: Habakkuk / DATE: 606-604 B.C. Nothing is known about the prophet himself, except that his name means “embracer.” however, Habakkuk is a very...

Zephaniah Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Zephaniah DATE: ca. 625 B.C.   We know from Zeph 1:1 that Zephaniah was of noble birth.  He was the great, great grandson of King Hezekiah, one of Judah’s godly kings.  Zephaniah’s name...

Haggai Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Haggai DATE: 520 B.C. The Prophet Haggai (name means “my feast”) was the first prophetic voice after the Babylonian Exile. He was a contemporary of Zechariah. His ministry was to call the people...

Zechariah Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Zechariah DATE: 520-518 B.C. Zechariah was the grandson of Iddo, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Joshua (Neh. 12:4).  According to tradition, Iddo was a member of the Great Synagogue...

Malachi Overview and Outline

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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. AUTHOR: Malachi DATE: 450-400 B.C. We know nothing about the prophet Malachi.  There is no historical record of him, nor is any genealogy given.  We do know that his name means “my messenger” and he...