Bible Books

Contents of The Book of Joel

Main Divisions include: Joel 1 - The terrible plague of locusts Joel 2:1-27 - The coming day of the Lord, repentance, and restoration Joel 2:28-3:21 - The outpouring of the Holy Spirit, judgment upon the nations....

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History of The Book of Ezekiel

The prophet Ezekiel taken captive during the time when the Babylonians began their captivity of Judah during the time of the reign of king Jehoichin, which was about 11 years before Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem. Ezekiel was one of the Jewish captives who was brought to the land of Babylon and settled on the banks of the river Chebar. Whi...

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Author of The Book of Ezekiel

Author - Ezekiel (According to the Bible and Jewish Tradition)...

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The 70 weeks of Daniel

The 70 weeks in Daniel are mentioned in Daniel 9, and they refer to a prophecy of Daniel where he claims that the king of Persia will release the Jews to rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem. When he makes this decree the Jews are to begin counting, and after 70 weeks (7 year periods or 490 years) the kingdom of the Messiah will be established on...

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Theme of the Book of Jeremiah

Main Theme - The destruction of Judah...

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Date of the Book of Lamentations

Date - 588-586 BC Approximately...

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Jewish Tradition and The Book of Ezekiel

According to Jewish tradition Ezekiel was murdered in Babylon by a Jewish prince whom Ezekiel accused of idolatry, Ezekiel was supposedly buried on the banks of the Euphrates River....

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Date of The Book of Ezekiel

Date - 595 BC Approximately...

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Author of the Book of Daniel

Daniel was the author of this book according to Jewish tradition, and this was confirmed by Jesus himself, but there has been considerable criticism about the book of Daniel because of the accuracy of the prophecies. Many claim that these had to been written after the fact, and that Daniel could not possibly have known so much detail about the...

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