OLD TESTAMENT OVERVIEW REVIEWER

SESSION 1

 There are 39 books in the Old Testament.

o GELND Pentateuch (the Law; Torah; five books of Moses)
o JJR – 12S – 12K – 12C – ENE Historical Narratives
o IJLED Major Prophets
o HJAO – JMNH – ZHZM Minor Prophets
o JPPES Books of Poetry
 7-Part Movement in the Metanarrative (overarching story) of the Bible
o Old Testament
 Creation
 The fall
 The patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)
 Israel
o New Testament
 Christ
 Church
 Renewal
 Genesis
o Creation (Eden)
o Fall (Eden to Babel)
o Patriarchs (Ur to Egypt)
 In the Jewish tradition, the Old Testament is named Tanakh.
o Torah – the Law
o Nevi’im – prophets
o Ketuvim – writings

Practice Questions:
Why is the metanarrative important?
How would you explain the story of the Bible to a pre-believer?

Session 2
 Pentateuch (a witness of God’s revelation to the generation who were about to enter the Promised Land)
o Beginning
 Everything came to be according to God’s design.
 Rules represent God’s will.
 There are consequences when God’s rule is broken.
o Expulsion
 Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden.
 God restarted mankind beginning from Noah’s family.
 When people built the tower of Babel, God confused them with different languages.
o Grandfathers (or forefathers)
 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis chapters 12-50)
o Insubordination
 God relocated Jacob’s family to Egypt to spare them from the famine in Canaan.
 The Israelites stayed in Egypt for 400 years.
 Disobedience caused an 11-day journey to turn into 40 years.
o Nebo
 Moses was buried at Mount Nebo.
 Genesis (major themes: the only true God is the Creator; the fall of man; the spread of sin in the world; the
covenant relationship of God with the patriarchs)
 o Genesis has at least four covenants (Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)
o Adam is mankind’s covenant representative.
o Because of Adam’s fall, humans began to possess a sinful nature.
o Mankind started anew from the three sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
o Canaan is the land that God promised to give to the Israelites.
o Genesis ends with the sons of Jacob in Goshen, Egypt.
o Joseph was the 11th son of Jacob and the first with Rachel.
o Joseph is one of the more prominent brothers, along with Judah and Benjamin.
 Exodus (major themes: He alone is the true and living God; the Egyptian gods were nothing)
o Exodus lists the 10 plagues God sent to Egypt.
 Blood
 Frog
 Lice
 Wild animals
 Pestilence
 Boils
 Hail
 Locusts
 Darkness
 Death of the firstborn
o The Lord sent the 10 plagues to prove He alone is the true and living God.
o God gave the two tablets of the covenant to Moses on Mount Sinai.
o Mount Sinai is in Arabia.
o The tabernacle was a prototype of the temple.
o The ark of the covenant was kept in the tabernacle’s most holy place.
o The tabernacle and the ark of the covenant were visual reminder of God’s presence.