The Bible Catalogue

It is generally known among Christians by the name of Genesis, i.e., "creation" or "generation," being the name given to it in the LXX. as designating its character, because it gives an account of the origin of all things.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 24 manuscripts of Genesis, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departure" or "outgoing." … It contains, (1.) An account of the increase and growth of the Israelites in Egypt (ch. 1) (2.) Preparations for their departure out of Egypt (2-12:36). (3.) Their journeyings from Egypt to Sinai (12:37-19:2). (4.) The giving of the law and the establishment of the institutions by which the organization of the people was completed, the theocracy, "a kingdom of priest and an holy nation" (19:3-ch. 40).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 18 manuscripts of Exodus, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[T]he third book of the Pentateuch; so called in the Vulgate, after the LXX., because it treats chiefly of the Levitical service.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 17 manuscripts of Leviticus, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[T]he fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be-midbar, i.e., "in the wilderness." In the LXX. version it is called "Numbers," and this name is now the usual title of the book. It is so called because it contains a record of the numbering of the people in the wilderness of Sinai (1-4), and of their numbering afterwards on the plain of Moab (26). … This book is of special historical interest as furnishing us with details as to the route of the Israelites in the wilderness and their principal encampments.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 11 manuscripts of Numbers, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The fifth of these books was called by the Greeks Deuteronomion, i.e., the second law, hence our name Deuteronomy, or a second statement of the laws already promulgated. … It consists chiefly of three discourses delivered by Moses a short time before his death. They were spoken to all Israel in the plains of Moab, in the eleventh month of the last year of their wanderings.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 33 manuscripts of Deuteronomy, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[C]ontains a history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of Joshua. … It consists of three parts: (1.) The history of the conquest of the land (1-12). (2.) The allotment of the land to the different tribes, with the appointment of cities of refuge, the provision for the Levites (13-22), and the dismissal of the eastern tribes to their homes. This section has been compared to the Domesday Book of the Norman conquest. (3.) The farewell addresses of Joshua, with an account of his death (23, 24).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 2 manuscripts of Joshua, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[I]s so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men who bore the title of the "judges."

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of Judges, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

It gives (1) an account of Naomi's going to Moab with her husband, Elimelech, and of her subsequent return to Bethlehem with her daughter-in-law; (2) the marriage of Boaz and Ruth; and (3) the birth of Obed, of whom David sprang. … "Brief as this book is, and simple as is its story, it is remarkably rich in examples of faith, patience, industry, and kindness, nor less so in indications of the care which God takes of those who put their trust in him."

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of Ruth, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The first book comprises a period of about a hundred years, and nearly coincides with the life of Samuel. It contains (1) the history of Eli (1-4); (2) the history of Samuel (5-12); (3) the history of Saul, and of David in exile (13-31).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of Samuel (the table lists the one book, which the KJV divides into two), according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The second book, comprising a period of perhaps fifty years, contains a history of the reign of David (1) over Judah (1-4), and (2) over all Israel (5-24), mainly in its political aspects.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of Samuel (the table lists the one book, which the KJV divides into two), according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. … They contain the annals of the Jewish commonwealth from the accession of Solomon till the subjugation of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians (apparently a period of about four hundred and fifty-three years).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of Kings (the table lists the one book, which the KJV divides into two), according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. … They contain the annals of the Jewish commonwealth from the accession of Solomon till the subjugation of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians (apparently a period of about four hundred and fifty-three years).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of Kings (the table lists the one book, which the KJV divides into two), according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." … (1.) The first nine chapters of Book I. contain little more than a list of genealogies in the line of Israel down to the time of David. (2.) The remainder of the first book contains a history of the reign of David.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 1 fragmentary manuscript of Chronicles from Cave 4 (4Q118, a fragment of 2 Chronicles 28–29), according to Wikipedia's list of Cave 4 manuscripts; the KJV divides Chronicles into two books. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." … (3.) The first nine chapters of Book II. contain the history of the reign of Solomon. (4.) The remaining chapters of the second book contain the history of the separate kingdom of Judah to the time of the return from Babylonian Exile.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 1 fragmentary manuscript of Chronicles from Cave 4 (4Q118, a fragment of 2 Chronicles 28–29), according to Wikipedia's list of Cave 4 manuscripts; the KJV divides Chronicles into two books. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time included in Nehemiah, the Jews regarding them as one volume.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 1 fragmentary manuscript of Ezra from Cave 4 (4Q117, fragments of Ezra 4–6), according to Wikipedia's list of Cave 4 manuscripts. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. … The date at which the book was written was probably about B.C. 431-430, when Nehemiah had returned the second time to Jerusalem after his visit to Persia.

Nehemiah was long joined with Ezra as a single book, Ezra–Nehemiah, and has generally been treated as a separate book only since the 16th century. Among the Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956, Wikipedia's list of Cave 4 manuscripts names one copy of that combined book, 4Q117, copied in the Hasmonean period and described as fragments of Ezra–Nehemiah; the verses it preserves are all from Ezra 4–6, and none from the Nehemiah portion are listed. As with Esther, this is a gap in what survived at one site, not a doubt about the book. These scrolls are Hebrew witnesses, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

This book is more purely historical than any other book of Scripture; and it has this remarkable peculiarity that the name of God does not occur in it from first to last in any form. It has, however, been well observed that "though the name of God be not in it, his finger is." The book wonderfully exhibits the providential government of God.

Among the Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, parts of every book of the Hebrew Bible have been found except one, and that one is Esther; no copy of it has yet been found there, as Wikipedia reports. Scholars offer two explanations, neither certain: that the Qumran community looked down on a Jewish woman marrying a Persian king, or that the book gives the feast of Purim, which is not in the Qumran calendar. The absence is a gap in what survives at one site, not a doubt about the book, which the Hebrew Scriptures have always carried; and these scrolls are not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

As to the character of the book, it is a historical poem, one of the greatest and sublimest poems in all literature. … The subject of the book is the trial of Job, its occasion, nature, endurance, and issue. It exhibits the harmony of the truths of revelation and the dealings of Providence, which are seen to be at once inscrutable, just, and merciful. It shows the blessedness of the truly pious, even amid sore afflictions, and thus ministers comfort and hope to tried believers of every age.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 6 manuscripts of Job, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The psalms are the production of various authors. … But it is specially to David and his contemporaries that we owe this precious book. … In the "titles" of the psalms, the genuineness of which there is no sufficient reason to doubt, 73 are ascribed to David.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 39 manuscripts of Psalms, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[A] collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic form. … Solomon is said to have written three thousand proverbs, and those contained in this book may be a selection from these (1 Kings 4:32).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 2 manuscripts of Proverbs from Cave 4 (4Q102 and 4Q103, both fragmentary), according to Wikipedia's list of Cave 4 manuscripts. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[T]he Greek rendering of the Hebrew Koheleth, which means "Preacher." … The key-note of the book is sounded in ch. 1:2, "Vanity of vanities! saith the Preacher, Vanity of vanities! all is vanity!" i.e., all man's efforts to find happiness apart from God are without result.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 2 manuscripts of Ecclesiastes, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

It is the "song of songs" (1:1), as being the finest and most precious of its kind … It is an allegorical poem setting forth the mutual love of Christ and the Church, under the emblem of the bridegroom and the bride.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of the Song of Songs (the Song of Solomon), according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The book, as a whole, has been divided into three main parts: (1.) The first thirty-five chapters, almost wholly prophetic, Israel's enemy Assyria, present the Messiah as a mighty Ruler and King. (2.) Four chapters are historical (36-39), relating to the times of Hezekiah. (3.) Prophetical (40-66), Israel's enemy Babylon, describing the Messiah as a suffering victim, meek and lowly.

The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) was found in Cave 1 at Qumran; the Hebrew biblical manuscripts among the Dead Sea Scrolls date from the 2nd century BCE. It is shown in the Gallery.

[C]onsists of twenty-three separate and independent sections, arranged in five books. … The principal Messianic prophecies are found in 23:1-8; 31:31-40; and 33:14-26. Jeremiah's prophecies are noted for the frequent repetitions found in them of the same words and phrases and imagery. They cover the period of about 30 years.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 6 manuscripts of Jeremiah, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The LXX. adopted the name rendered "Lamentations" (Gr. threnoi = Heb. qinoth) now in common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the prophet mourns over the desolations brought on the city and the holy land by Chaldeans. … As to its authorship, there is no room for hesitancy in following the LXX. and the Targum in ascribing it to Jeremiah.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 4 manuscripts of Lamentations, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[C]onsists mainly of three groups of prophecies. … Ezekiel's prophecies are characterized by symbolical and allegorical representations, "unfolding a rich series of majestic visions and of colossal symbols."

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 6 manuscripts of Ezekiel, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

It consists of two distinct parts. The first part, consisting of the first six chapters, is chiefly historical; and the second part, consisting of the remaining six chapters, is chiefly prophetical. … The historical part of the book treats of the period of the Captivity.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, found at Qumran from 1946 to 1956 and dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include 8 manuscripts of Daniel, according to the count Wikipedia gives from Gaster (1976) and Tov. They are Hebrew witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

This book stands first in order among the "Minor Prophets." … Hosea prophesied in a dark and melancholy period of Israel's history, the period of Israel's decline and fall. … He was a contemporary of Isaiah.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Hosea among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The contents of this book are, (1.) A prophecy of a great public calamity then impending over the land, consisting of a want of water and an extraordinary plague of locusts (1:1-2:11). (2.) The prophet then calls on his countrymen to repent and to turn to God, assuring them of his readiness to forgive (2:12-17), and foretelling the restoration of the land to its accustomed fruitfulness (18-26). (3.) Then follows a Messianic prophecy, quoted by Peter (Acts 2:39).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Joel among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea (Amos 1:1; 7:14, 15; Zech. 14:5), who survived him a few years. … At this period Amos was called from his obscurity to remind the people of the law of God's retributive justice, and to call them to repentance.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Amos among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[C]onsists of one chapter, "concerning Edom," its impending doom (1:1-16), and the restoration of Israel (1:17-21). This is the shortest book of the Old Testament.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Obadiah among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet. … Jonah and his story is referred to by our Lord (Matt. 12:39, 40; Luke 11:29), a fact to which the greatest weight must be attached.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Jonah among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[T]he sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the prophet exercised his office in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. … The prediction regarding the place "where Christ should be born," one of the most remarkable Messianic prophecies (Micah 5:2), is quoted in Matt. 2:6.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Micah among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The subject of this prophecy is the approaching complete and final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the great and at that time flourishing Assyrian empire.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Nahum among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The third chapter is a sublime song dedicated "to the chief musician," and therefore intended apparently to be used in the worship of God. … The passage in 2:4, "The just shall live by his faith," is quoted by the apostle in Rom. 1:17.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Habakkuk among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

He prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah (B.C. 641-610), and was contemporary with Jeremiah, with whom he had much in common. … The book of his prophecies consists of: (a) An introduction (1:1-6), announcing the judgment of the world, and the judgment upon Israel, because of their transgressions. (b) The description of the judgment (1:7-18). (c) An exhortation to seek God while there is still time (2:1-3). (d) The announcement of judgment on the heathen (2:4-15). (e) The hopeless misery of Jerusalem (3:1-7). (f) The promise of salvation (3:8-20).

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Zephaniah among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

[C]onsists of two brief, comprehensive chapters. The object of the prophet was generally to urge the people to proceed with the rebuilding of the temple.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Haggai among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

His prophetical career began in the second year of Darius (B.C. 520), about sixteen years after the return of the first company from exile. He was contemporary with Haggai (Ezra 5:1). … His book consists of two distinct parts, (1) chapters 1 to 8, inclusive, and (2) 9 to the end.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Zechariah among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.

The whole consists of three sections, preceded by an introduction (Mal. 1:1-5), in which the prophet reminds Israel of Jehovah's love to them. … In the third (2:17-4:6) he addresses the people as a whole, and warns them of the coming of the God of judgment, preceded by the advent of the Messiah.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated by scholarly consensus between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, include ten scrolls from Cave 4 that together contain fragments of all twelve Minor Prophets, Malachi among them; no fragment holds more than three of the prophets, as Wikipedia reports. They are witnesses to the book, not the text from which the King James Bible was translated.