Kerygma · Topic hubs
The Old Testament story, in five categories.
If you've been told the Old Testament is hard to read, this is the route through it that makes it small enough to start. Five Kerygma categories arranged into the actual shape of the Hebrew Bible — beginnings, prayer, prophecy, the long arc, and the structural map of all thirty-nine books.
The narrative arc
The Old Testament covers about a thousand years of narrative, plus the wisdom and prophetic books layered on top. To know it well, you don't need to read straight through Leviticus on day one. You need a route. This hub is one: start at the beginning, learn the prayers and proverbs, follow the prophets, get the whole arc, then see the structural shape.
The journey
Stop 01 · The beginning
Creation & Genesis
The opening eleven chapters and the patriarchs that follow — creation, the fall, the flood, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph. The foundation of everything that follows.
Open the Creation & Genesis category →Stop 02 · Prayer and wisdom
Psalms & Proverbs
One hundred and fifty psalms and thirty-one chapters of Solomon's wisdom. The prayers Israel prayed and the maxims it lived by. A category that stays close to daily life.
Open the Psalms & Proverbs category →Stop 03 · The voice of the prophets
Prophecy
Sixteen prophets — four major, twelve minor — speaking between the eighth and fifth centuries BC. Their oracles, their books, and the messianic expectations that ran through their writing into the New Testament.
Open the Prophecy category →Stop 04 · The long arc
Old Testament
Genesis through Malachi as one sweep — patriarchs, exodus, conquest, judges, kings, exile, return. The whole arc, with the verse open after every answer.
Open the Old Testament category →Stop 05 · The structural map
Books of the Bible
Authorship, dates, themes, structure — the literacy that lets you place any verse in the larger map. Useful especially after you've spent time inside the text itself.
Open the Books of the Bible category →How to use this hub
Five weeks if you want to be paced; five hours if you want to push through. Each category supports Acquainted (familiar stories), Conversant (narrative grasp), and Profound (doctrine and detail) — start with what fits where you are. The verse and commentary after each answer is the part that sticks.
Related
Walk through the Hebrew Bible.
Free for seven days. Every category, every difficulty, every mode. No credit card required to start.
Start your free trial →Available on iPhone & iPad. Subscription is $3.99/month or $29.99/year.