Memorizing Bible Book Titles "In Order"
The particular order the books of the Holy Bible of Judeochristianity are in has been relatively standardized, so I'm using that order to develop a mnemonic sentence structure to help memorize all of the book titles. One of the several churches I attend has had a silly achievement thing with a challenge coin prize, and I set out to complete it myself.
I already knew the first five (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), but thereafter was fuzzy, so I made up sentences which resemble their names, so I would just need to be able to recite the silly story.
The story also uses a tenuous method of referring to the numbered books like 1st & 2nd Samuel, as if “one-two” were an ad(jective/verb), such as if you were to 1-2 tie your 1-2 shoes. Perhaps thinking of “1-2” as if it were an curse word placeholder.
| 1. | Joshua judged Ruth. |
| 2. | 1-2 Samuel and 1-2 kings 1-2 chronicle Ezra Nehemiah's Ester. |
| 3. | The job of psalting the proverbs, is easy-as-tea, according to Solomon's song. |
| 4. | Isaiah and Jeremiah lament Easy Daniel's hosing down of Joel Amos Obadiah |
| 5. | Jonah Micah hums back. |
| 6. | Zef haggles for Zeke's Malachite. |
Then for the NT, the gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, followed by Acts was already well known to me. For the rest:
| 7. | Roaming 1-2 Cores? Gal-Eph-Phi-Col! (spoken like “heck if i know!”) |
| 8. | 1-2 Thess & 1-2 Tim tidy up Philly man-brew for James, 1-2 Peter, and 1-2-3 John. |
| 9. | Didju hear the big reveal? |
