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# Christianity in a Changing Society ## BSRT-1 | College of Medicine - First Semester 2024-2025 ### An Overview of the Bible * **Bible - Good Book:** a total of 66 books * **Old Testament:** 39 books * 5 legal material or law * 12 narrative or history * 5 poetry * 5 major prophecy...

# Christianity in a Changing Society ## BSRT-1 | College of Medicine - First Semester 2024-2025 ### An Overview of the Bible * **Bible - Good Book:** a total of 66 books * **Old Testament:** 39 books * 5 legal material or law * 12 narrative or history * 5 poetry * 5 major prophecy * 12 minor prophecy * **New Testament:** 27 books * 4 **Gospels** - narratives of Jesus’ life * 1 **Acts** - theological or historical account of the early Church * 13 **Pauline Letters** * 8 **General Letters** * 1 **Apocalypse** - Revelation of future history ### OT Books Division #### The Pentateuch * Comes from the Greek term “pentateuchos” meaning five-volume. The Jews called it "Torah" #### 5 Torah: Law * **Genesis:** means “the beginning.” It tells about the creation of the world and mankind. * **Exodus:** means “the going out.” It is the book of deliverance and the birth of the nation. * **Leviticus:** the book of ritual or the guidebook of the priests. * **Numbers:** the book of wanderings. * **Deuteronomy:** means “second law” book * **The Eevreet:** Israel’s history covers the possession of the land down to the two deportations and loss of land because of disobedience and unbelief. #### 12 Eevreet: History * **Joshua:** the conqueror of Canaan. It tells about the conquest of Canaan * **Judges:** the book of deliverance * **Ruth:** exemplifies true friendship * **I & II Samuel:** the book of the founding of the kingdom of Israel * **I & II Kings:** the book of the divided kingdom of Israel * **I & II Chronicles:** tells of the history of Judah ### Notes | Reviewer * **Ezra:** the drastic reformer. It tells about Judaism after the exile. * **Nehemiah:** th practical man of affairs, the builder. * **Esther:** a historical romance ### 5 Kethuvim or Writings: Poetry * **Job:** the book of the ways of God * **Psalms:** the Hebrew handbook of personal religion. * **Proverbs:** concise sayings. It conveys the truth about the social, spiritual and moral life of man. * **Ecclesiastes:** words of the preacher (Solomon) * **Song of Songs:** songs of the wise ### Nev'lm: #### 5 Major Prophets * **Isaiah:** the prophet of holiness, statesman, the prophet of world mission. It emphasizes holiness. * **Jeremiah:** the crying prophet, the prophet of the inwardness of religion * **Lamentation:** the book of lament or sorrow * **Ezekiel:** the prophet of reconstruction or the prophet of remaking the nation * **Daniel:** the book for hard times #### 12 Minor Prophets * **Hosea:** the prophet of love. It portrays the allegorical love of God to His people. * **Joel:** the prophet of the day of Yahweh * **Amos:** the prophet of righteousness * **Obadiah:** the prophet of the resentment against Edom * **Jonah:** the prophet of God’s universal love * **Micah:** the prophet of the poor * **Nahum:** the prophet who prophesied against Nineveh * **Habakkuk:** tells about Babylon as God’s agent in punishing Judah’s sins, but in the end Babylon will be ruined because of her pride * **Zephaniah:** the prophet of the restoration of Jerusalem * **Haggai:** the prophet of the rebuilding of the temple of Jerusalem * **Zechariah:** the prophet of the restoration of Jerusalem * **Malachi:** the prophet of revival ### NT Books Division: #### The Gospels * It is from the Greek word “evangelion” which means “good news” and “evangelizo” which means “to bring good news.” * It is the sum total of the saving truth as God communicated to the lost humanity through Jesus Christ. #### 4 Gospels * **Matthew:** the most influential gospel * **Mark:** the earliest written gospel * **Luke:** the most beautiful and best written gospel * **John:** the best loved gospel, the spiritual gospel