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JillD
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Posted: Thu Mar 6th, 2008 04:05 pm |
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I found a cool timeline at this site: http://www.bibleclassesonline.com/Bibletimeline.pdf
And I'll probably use it, but it is protestant. The number of OT books adds up to 39 and the Maccabees are missing from the timeline, but otherwise it's a great one-page visual that I'd like to use in the Bible study. (Now if someone knows of something comparable and CATHOLIC, please let me know!)
It describes 5 divisions of the OT:
Law
History Tobit Judith 1 and 2 Maccabees
Poetry/Wisdom Wisdom Sirach
Major Prophets Baruch
Minor Prophets
I have made a guess (but I'd rather not) where the 7 deuterocanonicals go, but I'd be grateful if someone who knows for sure would place those for me.
Also, if anyone knows of a brief summary of the theme of each of the 46 books, I'd sure love to give that to my class, too.
Thanks!
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Didi
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Posted: Thu Mar 6th, 2008 07:21 pm |
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When I was a sponsor in RCIA, we used a book called "We Believe...A Survey of the Catholic Faith" by Oscar Lukefahr, C.M. which is cross-referenced to the Catechism.
At is a great book, not very long (200 pages), and has an accompanying workbook. Chapters 2 and 3 go through each of the books of the bible with a very brief summary. I think the book is only about $8 and well worth the money!
You might also find some helpful information on Scott Hahn's bible study page here:
http://www.salvationhistory.com/library/Scripture/historical/index.cfm
Last edited on Thu Mar 6th, 2008 07:23 pm by Didi
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Dave Armstrong
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| Location: | Melvindale, Michigan USA |
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Posted: Thu Mar 6th, 2008 10:01 pm |
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Hi Jill,
I think your classification is correct, except perhaps that tobit would better fit into the poetry / wisdom category.
I found a Protestant summary of books of the Bible (Cliff's Notes, actually!).
Here are non-Catholic summaries from Wikipedia and Catholic articles from the Catholic Encyclopedia for each of the seven deuterocanonical books:
Tobit (or, Tobias) (Wikipedia article / Catholic Encyclopedia entry)
Judith (Wikipedia article / Catholic Encyclopedia entry)
1 Maccabees (Wikipedia article / Catholic Encyclopedia entry)
2 Maccabees (Wikipedia article / Catholic Encyclopedia entry)
Wisdom (Wikipedia article / Catholic Encyclopedia entry)
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) (Wikipedia article / Catholic Encyclopedia entry)
Baruch (Wikipedia article / Catholic Encyclopedia entry)
See also:
Additions to Daniel
Additions to Esther
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