Introduction to Hosea
Author and Title The opening verse, “The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri,” identifies Hosea with other OT prophets and follows… Read More »Introduction to Hosea
Author and Title The opening verse, “The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri,” identifies Hosea with other OT prophets and follows… Read More »Introduction to Hosea
Author and Title The book of Daniel, named after and written by Daniel in the sixth century b.c., records the events of his life and the… Read More »Introduction to Daniel
Author and Title Ezekiel is both the name of the sixth-century b.c. prophet and the title of the book that records his preaching. Ezekiel’s name (Hb. Yekhezqe’l) means… Read More »Introduction to Ezekiel
Author and Title In the Hebrew Bible, Lamentations is called Ekah (“How”), after the first word in the book. This word occurs in 1:1, 2:1, and 4:1 to emphasize… Read More »Introduction to Lamentations
Author and Title Determining the authorship of the book of Jeremiah is complicated by several factors: the variety of types of literature found in the… Read More »Introduction to Jeremiah
Author and Title The opening words of the book explain that this is “the vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz” (1:1). Unlike Jeremiah, who… Read More »Introduction to Isaiah
Author and Date The questions of who wrote the Song of Solomon, when it was written, how to read it properly, and what it means… Read More »Introduction to The Song of Solomon
Author, Title, and Date The traditional English title comes from the book’s heading in the Latin Vulgate translation (Liber Ecclesiastes) and is an anglicized version… Read More »Introduction to Ecclesiastes
Author and Date Proverbs itself mentions Solomon (reigned c. 971–931 b.c.) as author or collector of its contents (1:1; 10:1), including the proverbs copied by Hezekiah’s… Read More »Introduction to Proverbs
Title The book of Psalms, or Psalter, has supplied to believers some of their best-loved Bible passages. It is a collection of 150 poems that… Read More »Introduction to The Psalms
Author While Job is one of the most profound books of the Bible, its anonymous author can be known only through reading between its lines.… Read More »Introduction to Job
Author and Title Like many OT books, Esther is an anonymous work. The only hints of its origin are the references it contains to some… Read More »Introduction to Esther