The history books of the Bible were written by Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Baruch and Ezra – only five people. The period between the two Testaments has histories written by Judas and Simon Maccabeus, and by Yeshua ben Sira’s grandson. Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible known as the Torah starting with Genesis. Continue reading “#27 History Books of the Bible”
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#15 Chronicles
1 CHRONICLES This book was written as a supplement to the book of Samuel and the book of Kings. Ancient Jewish tradition attributes the book of Chronicles to the priest Ezra as the author. He used many other books of the Old Testament and annals of kings as sources. The purpose of the chronicler wasContinue reading “#15 Chronicles”
