The middle Five

Alright, I feel comfortable with the first seventeen books. Let's move on to the middle five. They are:

Job - about Job's trial's
Psalms - Praise through Prayer (mostly written by David)
Proverbs - practical wisdom
Ecclesiastes -comes from the Latin form of the Greek word meaning preacher
Song of Solomon - love poem

According to the book I'm using they are experiential. At first I thought it said they were experimental and I couldn't understand that. LOL. But today I realized it said experiential. They are books of experience. They are personal. They are poetical. The first 17 were prose.

What is the difference between prose and poetry you ask? Dictionary.com defines prose as the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. Poetry is the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. Even the definition seems eloquent.

I'm having trouble figuring out a way to trigger my memory on these 5. So maybe just plain old memorization is best.

Can you recite the 66 Books of the Bible?

I've decided to memorize the Books of the Bible. My daughter has already accomplished this task. Now it is time for my son and I to do the same. Thankfully I already know the first 5. They are called the books of Law or the books of Moses. They are also known as the Pentateuch.

Genesis - the beginning

Exodus - the exit from Egypt

Leviticus - from the Levites (priest?)

Numbers - the children of Israel are twice numbered

Deuteronomy - an explanation of the law (what the Israelites should DO)

Joshua - he took over after Moses

Judges - they took over after Joshua

Ruth - the 1st of only 2 books named after women - she is named in the Messianic line

Now we start with the double books of the Old Testament

I Samuel

II Samuel - he was the last judge and annointed David as King

I Kings

II Kings - David was the first King

I Chronicles

II Chronicles - they chronicle the main events of the Davidic kingdom to the Babylonian time

This is how I memorize things. I try to find something to help trigger what comes next. I have highlighted those triggers in red.

I am by no means a bible scholar and have come up with these with the help of a book. That book is Through the Bible in one year it is written by Dr Alan B Stringfellow.

Long time no see

Yes, it has been a long time. But maybe I'm back. I'm transitioning into a new school routine. We are going to lean more to the Charlotte Mason type of homeschooling. I'm excited about that! We will read more and narrate back more. I've been on the http://www.amblesideonline.org/index2.shtml site several times in the last few days. Check it out. They know what they are doing.