Bible Overview Menu
Mike Ervin
Bible Overview - The Menu
Hebrew Bible
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1st Samuel 2nd Samuel 1st Kings 2nd Kings 1st Chronicles 2nd Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Solomon's Song Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
New Testament
Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1st Corinthians 2nd Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1st Thessalonians 2nd Thessalonians 1st Timothy 2nd Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1st Peter 2nd Peter 1st John 2nd John 3rd John Jude Revelation
So what is in this this Bible Overview? And why is it here? Most Christians swear by their Bible but have not read anywhere near all of it. The Bible is a large and complicated story. And with a great deal of that story created in ancient times in the ancient near east at a time when most of the population was illiterate and when ancient writings often were lost to the ravages of time.
And another aspect of this issue is that if we look at the actual history of scholarly biblical work we learn that the amount of scholarship done on this bible has increased rather spectacularly in the last few 100 years. The growth in numbers and size of universities (as well as the world population) has dramatically increased and with most of them now maintaining colleges of biblical studies with large faculties. And with the recent growth of information being made available to scholars around the world over the internet.
So this is an attempt to provide concise but fairly comprehensive "overviews" of each book of this Bible for today's readers . Yes - we mean all 66 books of what is often called the Protestant Christian Bible. When completed it could enable any interested reader to become quickly educated as to each book as they so choose.
The menu below contains 66 links, one for each of the books in Protestant bibles. By clicking on each of the links the reader can get a concise but fairly comprehensive overview of each book. Each review will address things like the authorship, date of authorship, the intended audience, the major themes covered, and provide a sequential review of the contents of each chapter or set of chapters.