Nahum is two poems. An Elkoshite family clan prophet by the name of Nahum scribed the ‘book’ that was named after him sometime between 663 B.C. and 612 B.C.

Micah is the edited ruminations of a self-identified prophet whose name means ‘who is like Yahweh’. The resulting communiqués were compiled and became the Micah Book.

Jonah is a seminal event in Jonah’s life that was scribed to leave as a true account for future generations from what he heard about Jonah.

Obadiah was scribed to indict the country of Edom. The Obadiah ‘Book’ was named after the minor prophet who scribed this one chapter denunciation.

Amos is a doomsday prophetic transcript. Amos articulated his dire warnings over 2,760 years ago.

Joel was a prophet who God gave an epiphany. Joel’s vocational call from God was to be a prophet to His special chosen people who were living in Israel’s southern kingdom which was called Judah.

Hosea is a chapter in the autobiography of a middle class merchant’s son. Hosea means ‘salvation’.

Daniel is a narrative of miraculous incidents and prophetical dreams. The Daniel Book has been ascribed to an Israelite people group exile whose name was Daniel.

The Ezekiel Book is made up of three distinct discourses and was scribed over a 22 year period.

Lamentations is a series of five laments written as poems. Jeremiah wrote the laments. The laments at some point in time were combined into a single piece of prose called Lamentations.