Category Archives: Bible Overview

Author : Keith Sharp Author The prophet Jonah is author of the book named for him (1:1). He lived during the reign of Jereboam II of Israel (ca. 793-753 B.C.), contemporaneously with Amos and Hosea and shortly before Isaiah and … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp Author Little is certainly known of the background to the tiny (one chapter, twenty-one verses) book of Obadiah. All that we know of Obadiah, the author, is that his name means “servant of the Lord” and … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp Amos wrote the book named for him (1:1). He bore the burden of rebuking apostate Israel for their corruption and announcing their destruction. Amos explained of himself: I was no prophet. Nor was I a son … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp Author and Date The prophet Hosea “the son of Beeri” wrote the book that is named for him. He prophesied during the divided kingdom, around 750 – 725 B.C., under the reigns of “Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp Background All assuredly known of the man Joel is recorded in Joel 1:1: “The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.” His name means “Jehovah is God.” When he lived is … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp The Man Daniel “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah” (1:1; Babylonian reckoning of time, i.e., 605 B.C.), Daniel, along with other young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp Author The book bears the name of its author (1:1-5), who, as Jeremiah and Zechariah, was a priest as well as a prophet (1:3). Ezekiel’s claims to inspiration are striking. Forty-six times he asserts, “the word … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp It is nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold and see If there is any sorrow like my sorrow, Which has been brought on me, Which the LORD has inflicted In the day of … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp Author The book of Jeremiah was written by the prophet whose name the book bears (1:1). He was a priest from the village of Anathoth in Benjamin (Ibid) just a few miles northeast of Jerusalem. Jeremiah’s … Continue reading →

Author : Keith Sharp AuthorThe book of Isaiah is named for the prophet who composed the book. His name means “The Lord is salvation.” The work of the great prophet was to turn the Jews to the Lord as the … Continue reading →