Author and Title While the originator of the words of this book ultimately was Israel’s God (“the LORD”),...
Author and Title Little is known about the prophet Habakkuk. He was likely a contemporary of Zephaniah...
Author and Title The book is named after its author, the prophet Nahum of Elkosh. His name...
Author and Title Rather than being identified by his father or family (cf. Joel “son of Pethuel”...
Author and Title The title of the book is the name of the main character, Jonah. The...
Author and Title The superscription for the book identifies the genre as a “vision,” a prophetic revelation...
Author and Title The first verse of the book identifies it as the work of Amos, one...
Title and Author “Joel, the son of Pethuel,” whose name means “Yahweh is God,” gives the book...
Author and Title The opening verse, “The word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri,”...
Author and Title The book of Daniel, named after and written by Daniel in the sixth century B.C.,...
Author and Title Ezekiel is both the name of the sixth-century B.C. prophet and the title of the book...
Author and Title In the Hebrew Bible, Lamentations is called Ekah (“How”), after the first word in the book....
Author and Title Determining the authorship of the book of Jeremiah is complicated by several factors: the...
Author and Title The opening words of the book explain that this is “the vision of Isaiah...
Author and Date The questions of who wrote the Song of Solomon, when it was written, how...
Author, Title, and Date The traditional English title comes from the book’s heading in the Latin Vulgate...
Author and Date Proverbs itself mentions Solomon (reigned c. 971–931 B.C.) as author or collector of its contents...
Title The book of Psalms, or Psalter, has supplied to believers some of their best-loved Bible passages....
Author While Job is one of the most profound books of the Bible, its anonymous author can...
Author and Title Like many OT books, Esther is an anonymous work. The only hints of its...
Author and Title Nehemiah is the central figure in the book, and it contains some of his...
Author and Title Ezra 1–6 recounts events long before Ezra’s time, and the book does not state who...
Author and Title The text nowhere directly identifies its author (traditionally designated “the Chronicler”). Jewish tradition assigned...
Author and Title As the titles of the books indicate, 1–2 Kings describe the period of the...
Author and Title The Hebrew title “Samuel” refers to Samuel as the key figure in 1–2 Samuel,...