Vocabulary – the Bible

Religion, religious

Christians, Christian (křesťané, křesťanský)

Jews, Jewish (Židé, židovský)

The Christian Bible – the Old and the New Testament

The Old Testament = the Hebrew Bible = 39 books

The Hebrew Bible = the Law, the Prophets, the Writings

The Law = Pentateuch – five books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

Law in Hebrew means Torah (guidance, instructions)

The Prophets = former prophets, latter prophets (dřívější, pozdější)

The former prophets – books: Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings

The latter prophets – stories of religious and political activists – prophets – Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Ezekiel, shorter – Hosea, Joel, Amos, Jonah.....

The Writings – Psalms (songs, prayers and liturgies), Proverbs (wisdom), Job (nature of suffering),
Ecclesiastes (the Preacher), Song of Solomon, Lamentations (Destruction of Jerusalem), Ruth, Esther
+ the last books of the Hebrew Bible – Ezra, Nehemiah, 1-2 Chronicles (history books), Daniel
(visions of a better world)

The New Testament = 27 books

The Gospels (the story of Jesus) – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (the Gospel according to
Matthew...)

The Letters (Epistles) – Romans, Hebrews, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John...

The Acts of the Apostles (story of how Christianity spread)

The Book of Revelation