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,...
Author and Title The book is named for its main character, Ruth, a Moabite widow who married...
Author and Title The name of the book of Judges comes from the title given to the...
Author and Title The book of Joshua is named for its leading character. (For more on Joshua,...
Author and Title The name “Deuteronomy” derives from the Greek for “second law,” an early mistranslation of...
Author, Date, and Title The composition of Numbers cannot be discussed just on its own, as it...
Author and Title Revelation 1:1 announces both the book’s title (it is a “revelation”) and its divine author...
Author and Title As its title implies, the book was written by Jude, brother of James and...
Author and Title See Introductions to 1 John and 2 John. Like 2 John, 3 John claims to have been...