Pentecostal Tabernacle

“Music of the Lyre” (Greek: Psalmoi)/”Praises” (Hebrew: Tehillim) Overall Book Division: 5 “Book” that parallel Moses’ Pentateuch Book Concern Parallel I (1-41) Personal Genesis (Walking with the Lord) II (42-72) National Exodus (Nation repents; needs God to show up and deliver) III (73-89) National Leviticus (Songs of temple worship; written primarily by musicians and temple [...]

Old Testament Survey: The Poetry Books (Part 1 of 3) JOB (“Persecuted”) Author: Unknown Date of Authorship: Unknown Setting: Place:“Land of Uz” Time: Likely time of the Patriarchs Key Figures: Job Eliphaz the Temanite Bildad the Shuhite Zophar the Naamathite Elihu the Buzite Thematic Breakdown: Call to Stand (Job 1-2) Key Verses: Job 1:6-9, 21-22 [...]

JOSHUA (“Jehovah/the Lord Saves/Is Salvation”) Author: Joshua (except the very end of Chapter 24, which have been attributed to high priest Eleazar and son Phinehas). “Jesus” is the Greek form of this name. Date of Authorship: ca. 1370 BC. Setting: “The Promised Land,” particularly the River Jordan, Jericho, and Ai Key Figures: Joshua, Caleb Rahab [...]

GENESIS (Greek: “ORIGIN,” “BEGINNINGS”/Hebrew: “ IN THE BEGINNING” (BERĀ·SHĒTH) Author: Moses Date of Authorship: 1450-1410 BC. Setting: Creation of the universe, Death of Joseph; Moment of Creation, ca. 1700 BC Key Figures: Adam and Eve, Satan Cain and Abel Noah and Family Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Rebecca, Jacob and Joseph Thematic Breakdown: * Creation [...]