The Old Testament books are grouped in the following ... but according to the order of events in time which they narrate (Genesis to Esther); 2) Didactic or sapiential or moral books, which ...

The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the ...