Week 3: Genesis Part 1

Introduction The Bible is not one book, but many. The word ‘Bible’ comes from the plural word biblia which means ‘library’ in Latin. It consists of 66 separate books and is different from any other book of history in that it starts earlier and...

Week 2: Overview of the Old Testament #2

A Brief Overview of the Books Genesis 12–50 covers the first period of Israel’s history when the nation was led by the patriarchs (see the table on page 11). It is possible that the book of Job was written at this time, since there are parallels with the sort of life...