John Ogwyn
ASIN: B00IPONUSW
Publisher: Corbett's
Pages: 25
"We are progressing through our series this
evening. We have most recently been going
through that section of the Old Testament known
as the Writings, which is the third division of
the Old Testament scriptures. That section is
primarily poetic. The book of Psalms is the
longest and the primary book in that section. The
section also includes Proverbs and Job as other
books that have a poetic cast to them. Then there
is this particular group of five books called by
the Jews, the Megillot or the Festival Scrolls.
These five little books (Song of Solomon, Ruth,
Lamentation, Ecclesiastes and Esther) were
traditionally read at various festival occasions in
ancient Israel.
This is the section of the Writings we have
been going through most recently. We have
gone through Song of Solomon, Ruth and
Lamentations. Now we are up to the fourth of
the five Festival ...