CHART OF THE SIXTY-SIX BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

INTRODUCTORY LESSON
CHART OF THE SIXTY-SIX BOOKS

Names of Divisions	I The Kingdom Foreshadowed	II The Kingdom Forming	III The Kingdom Conquering	IV The Kingdom Undivided	V The Kingdom Divided
Number of Books	2	4	8	7	12
Beginning and Ending Dates	4004-1689 B.C.	1571-1451 B.C.	1451-1095 B.C.	1095-975 B.C.	975-606 B.C.
Names of Books	Genesis ---- Job	Exodus Numbers ---- Leviticus Deuteronomy (Read Psalms 78, 90, 105-107)	Joshua Judges ---- Ruth	I and II Samuel I Chronicles ---- Psalms Song of Solomon Proverbs Ecclesiastes	I and II Kings II Chronicles
						Israel 975-721
						Jonah Amos Hosea
						Judah 975-606
						Joel Isaiah Micah Nahum Zephanian Habakkuk

Names of Divisions	VI The Kingdom in Captivity	VII The Kingdom Restored	VIII The Kingdom's True King	IX The Kingdom Conquering the World	X The Kingdom Triumphant
Number of Books	6	5	4	22	1
Beginning and Ending Dates	606-536 B.C.	536-420 B.C.	4 B.C.-29 A.D.	29 A.D.
Names of Books	Daniel Esther ---- Jeremiah Lamentations Obadiah Ezekiel (Read Ps. 137)	Ezra Nehemiah ---- Haggai Zechariah Malachi	Matthew Mark Luke John	Acts ---- I Thessalonians II Thessalonians Galatians I Corinthians Romans II Corinthians Philemon Ephesians Philippians Colossians Hebrews I Timothy Titus II Timothy James I Peter II Peter Jude I John II John III John	Revelation

NOTES ON THE CHART

1. The sixty-six books are divided into ten groups, according to their relation to the Kingdom. In this connection the word Kingdom is not used in any restricted or technical sense. It is used to designate the Kingdom of God instituted to redeem the race from sin, under whatever form manifested.

2. Several of the books are not located in their exact places. Esther is located in Division Six because it is Captivity narrative. The Kings and Chronicles technically overlap two divisions. Lamentations and Jeremiah chronologically belong to the preceding division, but are placed among the books of the Captivity because their wails betoken that event.

3. The books in each division are arranged in chronological order. In Division Nine the fourteen epistles of Paul are placed first, in the order of their composition, then the seven general epistles in the order of their writing.

4. Where the books of a division are separated into two groups by a dash, those above the dash are historical, those beneath the dash are biographical, or poetical, or legal, or prophetical, or epistolary.

5. The teacher may exercise his own judgment in requiring the committal of this chart at the start, or part by part as the study proceeds.