Books of the Bible At-a-Glance -- my REVIEW

Have you ever been reading a book of the Bible or even looking up a reference in a certain book and wondered what time frame that book was written in? Or maybe even who wrote it? This most recent product that I got to try out is a really neat reference called Books of the Bible At-a-Glance by a company called Teach Sunday School.


This product is a pdf download that has an entire page to outline/introduce each of the sixty-six books of the Bible--and it goes beyond that and gives the owner/reader tons of great ideas of how to use this resource!

So what is on these pages?  Each book of the Bible has its own one-page summary/info/introduction.  Some of the things on the page are the book's "place" in its respective testament, who the author is, what date it was written, a visual of where it falls in the Bible, some "claims to fame", famous stories included, most famous verses, and important points about the verse.

I realize that some Bibles contain some of this information in their introductory materials, but these pages are easy to look through, especially when you are accustomed to their layout.

I printed out one of these for my husband to go along with the book that he is currently reading (Jeremiah) and he thought it was a good reference.

I thought that it would be neat to print them in a half-size to slide into my Bible, but that was too small for my eyes :) :) haha!! (Though it was readable by my kids) -- I guess I'll stick with the regular whole page size!

Although the publisher is called "Teach Sunday School," these summary pages have great use for homeschools too!  They are a great tool for learning about when the books of the Bible were written, as well as different little bits of information that you may not otherwise have known!  (For example, did you know that Jeremiah was about twenty years old when he began to prophesy?  or that Jonah was vomited by the great fish up probably somewhere west of Jerusalem?)  

I could see some really fun ways to use these with a Sunday School class or maybe an Awana group or something.  You could print a few copies of them (all) out and have the kids do a scavenger hunt through them, looking for similarities or themes--or even just for similar time periods or authors or so many different things (sometimes a little competition helps!)

The color scheme is easy on the eyes while being attractive, the text is written clearly and is easy to understand.  I kind of wish that there had been a few maps thrown in, but that's just my style.  It's a pdf download and you are allowed to unlimited printings for one family or for one church!  It's priced very reasonably, especially considering the volume of use you can get from it!  Imagine using it with someone not familiar with the books of the Bible--what a great resource to give some clarity and definition! Or to just refresh your own memory on a book you might not be overly familiar with!  There are many uses of this resource!

Once again, it is called Books of the Bible At-a-Glance -- check it out!

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