The Minor Prophets http://ibsstl.org/niv/studybible/minor_prophets.php
The Book of the Twelve, or the Minor Prophets with book introductions from the NIV Study Bible.
http://ibsstl.org/niv/studybible/minor_prophets.php

Joshua http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/joshua.php
This introduction to the book of Joshua talks about the conquest and the ethical question of war. It also reports on the books title, theological theme, author, and date, the life of Joshua, the historical setting, and outline. Joshua is a story of conquest and fulfillment for the people of God. After many years of slavery in Egypt and 40 years in the desert, the Israelites were finally allowed to enter the land promised to their fathers.
http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/joshua.php

The Church Persecuted and Scattered http://ibs.org/bible/verse/index.php?q=Acts8
Saul begins to destroy the church. From Acts 8.
http://ibs.org/bible/verse/index.php?q=Acts8

Judges http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/judges.php
This introduction to the book of Judges reports on the title, author, date, themes and theology, background, literary features, and outline. The book of Judges depicts the life of Israel in the promised land from the death of Joshua to the rise of the monarchy.
http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/judges.php

Deuteronomy http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/deuteronomy.php
This introduction to the book of Deuteronomy reports on the title, author, date, contents, theological teaching, structure, and outline. The Hebrew name of the book is ‘elleh haddebarim ("These are the words") or, more simply, debarim ("words"). The word "Deuteronomy" (meaning "repetition of the law") arose from a mistranslation in the Septuagint.
http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/deuteronomy.php

Numbers http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/numbers.php
This introduction to the book of Numbers reports on the title, author, date, contents, theological teaching, structure, and outline. Numbers presents an account of the 38-year period of Israel’s wandering in the desert following the establishment of the covenant of Sinai.
http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/numbers.php

Why do some Bibles have a section called the Apocrypha? http://ibs.org/bibles/about/8.php
During the period between the completion of the Old Testament and the first writings included in the New Testament (i.e. the period between 450 BC and 50 AD), many essays, psalms and historical accounts circulated throughout the synagogues and early churches.
http://ibs.org/bibles/about/8.php

Dead Sea Scrolls http://ibs.org/bibles/about/12.php
In 1947 in an obscure cave west of the Dead Sea, Bedouin shepherds discovered some scrolls carefully placed in ten tall jars. They did not know what they had come upon, but they sold the scrolls to a nearby dealer.
http://ibs.org/bibles/about/12.php

Exodus http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/exodus.php
This introduction to the book of Exodus reports on the title, author, outline, and date of writing. Exodus lays a foundational theology in which God reveals his name, his attributes, his redemption, his law and how he is to be worshiped. It also reports the appointment and work of Moses as the mediator of the Sinaitic covenant, describes the beginnings of the priesthood in Israel, defines the role of the prophet and relates how the ancient covenant relationship between God and his people came under a new administration (the covenant given at Mount Sinai).
http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/exodus.php

Genesis http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/genesis.php
This introduction to the book of Genesis reports on the title, author, outline, and date of writing. Historically, Jews and Christians alike have held that Moses was the author/compiler of the first five books of the OT. These books, known also as the Pentateuch (meaning “five-volumed book”), were referred to in Jewish tradition as the five fifths of the law (of Moses).
http://ibs.org/niv/studybible/genesis.php