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WRITER: John the apostle DATE: About A.D. 95 THEORIES OF INTERPRETATION: There have been many approaches to this book, but these can be divided into four major systems (Broadus lists seven theories of interpretation; Tragelles lists 3): 1. Preterist theory: All of Revelation has been fulfilled in the past. It had to do with local [...]

 GENESIS“ The Seed Plot of the Bible” WRITER: Moses NAME: Genesis The name Genesis is taken from the Septuagint. The Septuagint(LXX) is a Greek translation made of the Old Testament in Alexandria at the order of Ptolemy Philadelphus about 285-247 B.C. Josephus tells us that this translation was made by 72 priests (henceits name) in [...]

An addendum to the Book of Judges. A brochure of beauty. A bright picture on the black background of the judges. WRITER: Samuel could have been the writer KEY VERSE: Ruth 3:18 THEME: The kinsman-redeemer FEATURES: A love story without using the word “love.” The story of a prodigal family who went to the far [...]

A Philosophy of History Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. (Proverbs 14:34) WRITER: Unknown This book comes from the period of the monarchy, judging by the phrase which occurs 4 times, “In those days there was no king in Israel” (17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). Probably written by Samuel. KEY [...]

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JOSHUA WRITER: Joshua (Joshua 24:26), successor to Moses (Deuteronomy31:23)The Talmud says that Joshua wrote all but the last 5 verses and that those were written by Phineas. Joshua means “Jehovah is salvation” the same word in the NewTestament is Jesus (as in Hebrews 4:8).Joshua was a great general, born a slave in Egypt. 40 years [...]

WRITER: Malachi “Malachi” means my messenger. The Septuagint gives its meaning as angel. An angel was a messenger and could be either human or spiritual. There are some who conclude, therefore, that Malachi is only a title and that the name of this prophet is not known. Surely our information of him is as limited [...]

 3. Study the Bible. Someone came to Dr. Morgan, years ago, and said, “You speak as though you are inspired!” Dr. Morgan replied, “Inspiration is 95 percent perspiration.” The Bible needs to be studied. We need to realize that the Spirit of God will not teach us something that we could get ourselves by study. [...]

GOSPEL OF MARK WRITER: John Mark — John was his Jewish name, while Mark was his Latin surname (Acts 12:12). This is the first historical reference to him in Scripture. His mother was a wealthy and prominent Christian in the Jerusalem church. He was a nephew of Barnabas (Colossians 4:10). He evidently was the spiritual [...]

Although it is not alleged that the arrangement of the books of the Bible is inspired, it is a historical fact that spiritual and scholarly men supervised the arrangement of the books of the New Testament canon. Therefore, it is no accident that the Gospel of Matthew is first. Even Renan, the French skeptic, said [...]

WRITER: Solomon Solomon is the writer of the next 3 books of the Bible: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. Proverbs is the book on wisdom; Ecclesiastes is the book on folly; Song of Solomon is the book on love. Love is the happy medium between wisdom and folly. Solomon is an authority on all [...]

JONAH Is the Book of Jonah the Achilles’ heel of the Bible? It is, if we are to accept the ridiculous explanations of the critics. The translators of the Septuagint were the first to question its reasonableness. They set the pattern for the avalanche of criticism which was to follow. The ancient method of modernism [...]

WRITER : Zechariah Zechariah, whose name means whom Jehovah remembers, is identified(1:1) as the son of Berechiah, which means Jehovah blesses, andhis father was the son of Iddo, which means the appointed time.Certainly this cluster of names with such rich meanings is suggestiveof the encouragement given to the remnant — God remembers andblesses in the [...]

WRITER  Moses A CONTINUED STORY: Exodus continues the account which was begun in Genesis, althoughthere was a lapse of at least 3 1/2 centuries. Genesis 15:13 says thatthe seed of Abraham would spend 400 years in a land that was nottheirs. It is difficult to be dogmatic about the chronology of the patriarchalperiod. It has [...]

“The Book of Experience and Obedience” WRITER: Moses Moses talked with God face to face. Moses knew God. He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. (Psalm 103:7) The children of Israel saw the acts of God but did not know Him. Moses knew His ways. Deuteronomy is the result [...]

WRITER: John, the apostle, son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James (Mark 1:19, 20; Matthew 20:20; John 21:20-24). His authorship has been seriously questioned by the Tubingen school of critics; however, the objections have been fully answered by the Dead Sea scrolls and also by the dating of carbon 14, and the Johannean [...]

WRITER: Luke was the “beloved physician” of Colossians 4:14. He used more medical terms than Hippocrates, the father of medicine. The choice of Luke by the Holy Spirit to write the third Gospel reveals that there are no accidental writers of Scripture. There was a supernatural selection of Luke. There were “not many wise” called, [...]

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