The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization headquartered in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, United States. It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses to direct, administer and develop doctrines for the religion...

 produces religious literature primarily for use by Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism, convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual...

. The organization's international writing, artwork, translation, and printery workforce are all baptized Jehovah's Witnesses. Since 2001, the literature produced by the Watch Tower Society is said to have been "published by Jehovah's Witnesses". Prior to 1931, the Watch Tower Society produced literature for the Bible Student movement

Bible Student movement

The Bible Student movement is the name adopted by a Millennialist Restorationist Christian movement that emerged from the teachings and ministry of Charles Taze Russell, also known as Pastor Russell...

.

Unbulletted publications are generally out of print

Out of print

Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....

 and considered obsolete. Indented publications are superseded by more recent publications.

Bible translations

• New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
  The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is a translation of the Bible published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in 1961; it is used and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses. Though it is not the first Bible to be published by the group, it is their first original translation of...
  
  (1961, revised 1970, 1971, 1981, 1984) - Available online

New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures (1950, revised 1951)

• Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures (1969, revised 1985)

The Watch Tower Society also acquired publishing rights for the following Bible translations:

• The Bible in Living English
  The Bible in Living English
  The Bible in Living English is a translation by Steven T. Byington. He translated the Bible on his own for about 45 years from 1898 to 1943 but was unable to have it published during his lifetime...
  
  (1972) - by Steven T. Byington
• American Standard Version
  American Standard Version
  The Revised Version, Standard American Edition of the Bible, more commonly known as the American Standard Version , is a version of the Bible that was released in 1901...
  
  (1944)
• King James Version of the Bible
  King James Version of the Bible
  The Authorized Version, commonly known as the King James Version, King James Bible or KJV, is an English translation of the Christian Bible by the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611...
  
  (1942)
• The Emphatic Diaglott
  Emphatic Diaglott
  The Emphatic Diaglott is a diaglot, or two-language polyglot translation, of the New Testament by Benjamin Wilson, first published in 1864. It is an interlinear translation with the original Greek text and a word-for-word English translation in the left column, and a full English translation in the...
  
  (1926)
• The Concordant New Testament
  Concordant Literal Version
  The Concordant Version is an English translation of the Bible compiled by the Concordant Publishing Concern , which was founded by Adolph Ernst Knoch in 1909. The principal works of the CPC are the Concordant Literal New Testament with Keyword Concordance and the Concordant Version of the Old...
  
  - Revelation only (1919)

Reference works

• Insight on the Scriptures, 2 volumes (1988)

Aid to Bible Understanding (1971)

Aid to Bible Understanding (A - Exodus) (1969)

• Reasoning from the Scriptures (1985, revised 1989)

"Make Sure of All Things; Hold Fast to What is Fine" (1965)

"Make Sure of All Things" (1953, revised 1957)

• Comprehensive Concordance of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1973)

• "All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial" (1963, revised 1983, 1990)

"Equipped for Every Good Work" (1946)

For daily use

• Examining the Scriptures Daily, annually since 1986
• Calendar of Jehovah’s Witnesses, annually since 1983

Yearbook

• Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, annually since 1940
• Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, annually from 1934 to 1939
• Year Book of the International Bible Students Association, annually from 1927 to 1933

Primary study aids

These publications are intended to convert interested individuals.

• What Does the Bible Really Teach? (2005) Available online

Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life (1995, revised 1997, 2000)

You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (1982, revised 1989)

The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life (1968, revised 1981)

"Things in Which It Is Impossible for God to Lie" (1965)

"Let God Be True" (1946, revised 1952)

The Harp of God (1921)

Studies in the Scriptures

Studies in the Scriptures

Studies in the Scriptures is a series of publications, intended as a Bible study aid, containing seven volumes of great importance to the history of the Bible Students, and the early history of the Jehovah's Witnesses.-Origin and author:...

, 7 volumes:

The Divine Plan of the Ages (1886)

The Time is at Hand (1889)

Thy Kingdom Come (1891)

The Day of Vengeance (1897)

The At-one-ment Between God and Man (1899)

The New Creation (1904)

The Finished Mystery (1917)

Secondary study aids

Secondary aids are considered just before or shortly after baptism.

• "Keep Yourselves in God's Love" (2008)

Worship the Only True God (2002)

United in Worship of the Only True God (1983)

"Let Your Kingdom Come" (1981)

Life Everlasting—in Freedom of the Sons of God (1966)

"This Means Everlasting Life" (1950)

Supplementary study aids

• The Bible—God's Word or Man's? (1989), intended to convince that the Bible is inspired

Is the Bible Really the Word of God? (1969)

• True Peace and Security—How Can You Find It? (1986)

True Peace and Security—From What Source? (1973)

For use in preaching

• "Come Be My Follower" (2007)
• Draw Close to Jehovah (2002), a Bible study aid
• Mankind's Search for God (1990, revised 2006), a review of major religions

What Has Religion Done for Mankind? (1951)

Old Testament

• God's Word for Us Through Jeremiah (2010), commentary on Jeremiah
  Book of Jeremiah
  The Book of Jeremiah is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, following the book of Isaiah and preceding Ezekiel and the Book of the Twelve....
  
  

• Live With Jehovah's Day in Mind (2006), commentary on the twelve minor prophet
  Minor prophet
  Minor prophets is a book of the Hebrew Bible, so named because it contains twelve shorter prophetic works. In Christian Bibles the twelve are presented as individual books...
  
  s (Hosea
  Book of Hosea
  The Book of Hosea is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. It stands first in order among what are known as the twelve Minor Prophets.-Background and Content:...
  
  through Malachi
  Book of Malachi
  Malachi is a book of the Hebrew Bible, the last of the twelve minor prophets and the final book of the Neviim...
  
  ) -

Paradise Restored To Mankind—By Theocracy! (1972), commentary on Haggai

Book of Haggai

The Book of Haggai is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanak, and has its place as the antepenultimate of the Minor Prophets or the "Book of the Twelve." It is a short book, consisting of only two chapters. The historical setting dates around 520 BCE before the Temple has been rebuilt...

 and Zechariah

Book of Zechariah

The Book of Zechariah is the penultimate book of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew and Christian Bible, attributed to the prophet Zechariah.-Historical context:...

• Isaiah's Prophecy—Light for All Mankind, 2 volumes (vol. 1: 2000; vol. 2: 2001), verse-by-verse commentary on Isaiah
  Book of Isaiah
  The Book of Isaiah is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, preceding the books of Ezekiel, Jeremiah and the Book of the Twelve...
  
  

Man's Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand! (1975)

• Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy! (1999, revised 2006), verse-by-verse commentary on Daniel
  Book of Daniel
  The Book of Daniel is a book in the Hebrew Bible. The book tells of how Daniel, and his Judean companions, were inducted into Babylon during Jewish exile, and how their positions elevated in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. The court tales span events that occur during the reigns of Nebuchadnezzar,...
  
  

Our Incoming World Government—God's Kingdom (1977)

"Your Will Be Done on Earth" (1958)

• "The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah"—How? (1971), commentary on Ezekiel
  Book of Ezekiel
  The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, following the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah and preceding the Book of the Twelve....
  
  

Vindication, 3 volumes (1931–1933)

New Testament

• "Bearing Thorough Witness" About God's Kingdom (2009), commentary on Acts of the Apostles
  Acts of the Apostles
  The Acts of the Apostles , usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age...
  
  

• The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived (1991), narrative of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) -

• Revelation—Its Grand Climax at Hand! (1988, revised 2006), verse-by-verse commentary on Revelation
  Book of Revelation
  The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...
  
  

"Then Is Finished the Mystery of God" (1969)

"Babylon the Great Has Fallen!" God's Kingdom Rules! (1963)

"The Finished Mystery" (1917)

• Choosing the Best Way of Life (1979), commentary on First
  First Epistle of Peter
  The First Epistle of Peter, usually referred to simply as First Peter and often written 1 Peter, is a book of the New Testament. The author claims to be Saint Peter the apostle, and the epistle was traditionally held to have been written during his time as bishop of Rome or Bishop of Antioch,...
  
  and Second Peter
  Second Epistle of Peter
  The Second Epistle of Peter, often referred to as Second Peter and written 2 Peter or in Roman numerals II Peter , is a book of the New Testament of the Bible, traditionally ascribed to Saint Peter, but in modern times NT scholars regard it as pseudepigraphical.It is the first New Testament book...
  
  

• Commentary on the Letter of James (1979), verse-by-verse commentary on James
  Epistle of James
  The Epistle of James, usually referred to simply as James, is a book in the New Testament. The author identifies himself as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ", with "the earliest extant manuscripts of James usually dated to mid-to-late third century."There are four views...
  
  

History of Jehovah's Witnesses

• Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993)

Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose (1959)

For evangelism training

• Benefit from Theocratic Ministry School Education (2001)

Theocratic Ministry School Guidebook (1971, revised 1992)

Qualified to Be Ministers (1955, revised 1967)

Theocratic Aid to Kingdom Publishers (1945)

Course in Theocratic Ministry (1943)

For children and young people

• Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work, 2 volumes (vol. 1: 1989, revised 1999, 2001, 2006, 2011; vol. 2: 2008)

Your Youth—Getting the Best Out of It (1976)

• Learn From the Great Teacher (2003)

Listening to the Great Teacher (1971)

• My Book of Bible Stories (1978, revised 2004 with study questions) Available online

From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained (1958)

Children (1941)

For families

• The Secret of Family Happiness (1996)

Making Your Family Life Happy (1978)

Evolution vs creation

• Is There a Creator Who Cares About You? (1998)

• Life—How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? (1985, revised 2006)

Did Man Get Here by Evolution or by Creation? (1967)

Creation (1927)

Scenario of the Photo-Drama of Creation (1914), book form of The Photo-Drama of Creation

The Photo-Drama of Creation

The Photo-Drama of Creation, or Creation-Drama, was a four-part Christian film produced by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania under the direction of Charles Taze Russell, the founder of the Bible Student movement.The film presented Russell's beliefs about God's plan from the...

Baptismal candidates

• Organized to Do Jehovah's Will (2005)

Organized to Accomplish our Ministry (1983, revised 1989)

Organization for Kingdom-Preaching and Disciple-Making (1972)

Elders

• "Shepherd the Flock of God" (2010)

"Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock" (1991)

• Index to Letters

Branch office staff

• Branch Organization (revised 2003), for branch overseers
• "Dwelling Together in Unity" (1952, revised 1974, 1982, 1989, 1986, 2004)
• Standards Manual (2005), for proofreaders
• Writing for Our Journals, for writers

Other

• Memorandum for Regional Building Committees, for Regional Building Committee members
• Working Together Safely—Safety Rules and Standards for Volunteer Projects, for Regional Building Committee volunteers
• District Convention Operations (1997), for Convention Committee members
• Shining as Illuminators in the World (1977, 2004), for attendees of pioneer school
• Missionary Counsel Booklet (1985), for missionaries

Legal guidance for members

• Preparing for a Child Custody Case Involving Religious Issues (1997)

Direct and Cross Examination Questions in Child Custody Cases (1987)

"Defending and Legally Establishing the Good News" (1950)

For medical practitioners

• Family Care and Medical Management for Jehovah's Witnesses (1992, revised 1995)

Other out-of-print books

Worldwide Security Under the "Prince of Peace" (1986)

Survival Into a New Earth (1984)

Happiness—How to Find It (1980)

Life Does Have a Purpose (1977)

Good News to Make You Happy (1976)

Holy Spirit—The Force Behind the Coming New Order! (1976)

God's "Eternal Purpose" Now Triumphing For Man's Good (1974)

Is This Life All There Is? (1974)

God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached (1973)

Let Your Name be Sanctified (1961)

Magazines

• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom
  The Watchtower
  The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom is an illustrated religious magazine, published semi-monthly in 194 languages by Jehovah's Witnesses via the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and printed in various branch offices around the world...
  
  Public Edition (monthly, January 1, 2008)
• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom Study Edition (monthly, January 15, 2008)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (four-color edition, January 1, 1986)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (format change, August 15, 1950)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (title change, March 1, 1939)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Kingdom (title and cover change, January 1, 1939)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (title and cover change, October 15, 1931)

The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (title and cover change, 1909)

Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (format change, 1895)

Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (semimonthly, 1892)

Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (format change, 1891)

Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence (July 1879)

• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (large-print edition, 1983)

• Awake!
  Awake!
  Awake! is a monthly illustrated magazine published by Jehovah's Witnesses via the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and printed in various branch offices around the world. It is considered to be a companion magazine of The Watchtower, and is distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses in...
  
  (monthly with more emphasis on Bible, January 2006)

Awake! (four-color edition, January 8, 1987)

Awake! (title change, semimonthly, August 22, 1946)

Consolation (title change, October 6, 1937 to July 31, 1946)

The Golden Age ("every other Wednesday", October 1, 1919 to September 22, 1937)

Newsletter

• Our Kingdom Ministry, for publishers

Our Kingdom Ministry (format change, January 2009)

Our Kingdom Ministry (format change, September 1991)

Our Kingdom Ministry (title change, 1982)

Our Kingdom Service (title change, 1976)

Kingdom Ministry (title change, September 1956)

Informant (title change, July 1936)

Director for Field Publishers (title change, October 1935)

Bulletin for Jehovah’s Witnesses (title change, 1931)

Watch Tower Bulletin (title change, 1930)

Bulletin (title change, 1919)

Suggestions from Colporteurs (title change, 1918)

Suggestive Hints to New Colporteurs (title change, 1914)

Suggestive Hints to Colporteurs (1896 to 1913)

Public Meeting Campaign (1945 to 1946)

Instructions for Car Drivers (1933)

Outline for Transcription Meetings (1933)

Your Work With Transcription Machines (1933)

Bearing Testimony (1932)

Suggestions for Workers—Special Bulletin (1929)

Bulletin-This Kingdom Gospel Must Be Preached (1929)

Bulletin-Special Colporteur Edition (1928)

Special Colporteur Bulletin—Winter Edition (1928)

To Whom the Work Is Entrusted (1919)

Songbooks

• Sing to Jehovah (2009; 135 Kingdom songs
  Kingdom songs
  Kingdom songs are the hymns sung by Jehovah's Witnesses at their religious meetings. Since 1879, the Watch Tower Society has published hymnal lyrics; by the 1920s they had published hundreds of adapted and original songs, and by the 1930s they referred to these as "Kingdom songs" in reference to...
  
  ; words and melodies composed by Jehovah's Witnesses)

Sing Praises to Jehovah (1984; 225 Kingdom songs; words and melodies composed by Jehovah's Witnesses)

Singing and Accompanying Yourselves With Music in Your Hearts (1966; 119 songs; orchestral recordings were made, and used as accompaniment in congregation meetings. Some vocal selections were also recorded.)

Songs to Jehovah’s Praise (1950; 91 songs, more up-to-date themes without archaic language)

Kingdom Service Song Book (1944; 62 songs)

Songs of Praise to Jehovah (1928; 337 songs; a mixture of Bible Students' compositions and older hymns)

Kingdom Hymns (1925; 80 songs, with music, especially for children)

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn (1905; 333 songs published in 1890, with music added)

Zion’s Glad Songs (1900; 82 songs, many written by one Bible Student, to supplement the earlier collection)

Zion’s Glad Songs of the Morning (1896; published as the “Watch Tower” of February 1, words for 11 songs, with music; lyrics written by Bible Students

Poems and Hymns of Millennial Dawn (1890; 151 poems and 333 hymns, published without music. Most were the works of well-known writers)

Songs of the Bride (1879; 144 hymns expressing the desires and hopes of Christ’s bride)

Recordings

• Sing to Jehovah - Piano Accompaniment (CD, MP3 and AAC)
• Sing to Jehovah - Vocal Renditions (4 CDs, MP3 and AAC)
• Sing Praises to Jehovah (music to accompany singing, CD)

Sing Praises to Jehovah (audiocassette)

Sing Praises to Jehovah (phonograph records)

• Kingdom Melodies, Volumes 1 - 9 (orchestral arrangements, CD and MP3)

Kingdom Melodies, Volumes 1 - 9 (audiocassette)

Singing Kingdom Songs (1996; vocal renditions, audiocassette and CD)

Singing and Accompanying Yourselves With Music in Your Hearts (1980; orchestral arrangements, audiocassette)

Brochures

The brochures of Jehovah's Witnesses are used for both preaching and study. Some titles are intended specifically for Bible study courses, for study of a specific subject, or for reference.

Evolution vs creation

• The Origin of Life—5 Questions Worth Asking (2010)
• Was Life Created? (2010)

For study and preaching

• Listen to God and Live Forever (2011)
• Listen to God (simplified version) (2011)
• The Pathway to Peace and Happiness (2010)
• Real Faith—Your Key to a Happy Life (2010)
• The Bible—What Is Its Message? (2009)
• Good News for People of All Nations (2004), a basic Bible message in many languages.

Good News For All Nations (1983)

• Keep on the Watch! (2004)
• The Road to Everlasting Life—Have You Found It? (2002)
• A Satisfying Life—How to Attain It (2001)
• Jehovah's Witnesses—Who Are They? What Do They Believe? (2000) - Read online
• You Can Be God's Friend! (2000)
• The Guidance of God—Our Way to Paradise (1999)
• What Happens to Us When We Die? (1998)
• A Book for All People (1997)
• What Does God Require of Us? (1996) - Read online
• When Someone You Love Dies (1994, revised 2000, 2005) - Read online
• Why Should We Worship God in Love and Truth? (1993)
• What Is the Purpose of Life? How You Can Find It? (1993)
• Does God Really Care About Us? (1992, revised 2001)
• Will There Ever Be a World Without War? (1992)
• Spirits of the Dead—Can They Help You or Harm You? Do They Really Exist? (1991, revised 2005)
• How Can Blood Save Your Life? (1990) - Read online
• Should You Believe in the Trinity (1989) - Read online
• "Look! I am Making All Things New!" (1986) - Read online
• Jehovah's Witnesses—Unitedly Doing God's Will Worldwide (1986)
• The Government That Will Bring Paradise (1985, revised 1993)
• The Divine Name That Will Endure Forever (1984) - Read online
• Enjoy Life on Earth Forever! (1982)
• Jehovah's Witnesses in the Twentieth Century (1978, revised 1979, 1989)

For members

• Dress & Grooming for Visitors Touring Bethel (2008)
• Charitable Planning to Benefit Kingdom Service Worldwide (2000, revised 2004)

Planned Giving to Benefit Kingdom Service Worldwide (1994)

• "See the Good Land" (2003), maps and photos of the "Promised Land
  Promised land
  The Promised Land is a term used to describe the land promised or given by God, according to the Hebrew Bible, to the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob. The promise is firstly made to Abraham and then renewed to his son Isaac, and to Isaac's son Jacob , Abraham's grandson...
  
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• Jehovah's Witnesses and Education (1995, revised 2002), intended for educators

School and Jehovah's Witnesses (1983)

Booklets

• Victory Over Death (1986), intended for Hindu
  Hindu
  Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
  
  s
• From Kurukshetra to Armageddon—and Your Survival (1983), intended for Hindus
• In Search of a Father (1983), intended for Buddhists
  Buddhism
  Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
  
  
• The Time for True Submission to God (1983), intended for Muslim
  Muslim
  A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
  
  s
• The Path of Divine Truth Leading to Liberation (1980), intended for Hindus
• Unseen Spirits—Do They Help Us? Or Do They Harm Us? (1978), intended for followers of spiritism
  Spiritism
  Spiritism is a loose corpus of religious faiths having in common the general belief in the survival of a spirit after death. In a stricter sense, it is the religion, beliefs and practices of the people affiliated to the International Spiritist Union, based on the works of Allan Kardec and others...
  
   or tribal religion
  Folk religion
  Folk religion consists of ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices...
  
  
• Bible Topics for Discussion (1977), included in reduced format as a NWT appendix from 1981
• Human Plans Failing as God’s Purpose Succeeds (1974), tie-in from eponymous 1974 convention discourse

Numbered series

• No. 1—What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe?—1951
• No. 2—Hell-Fire—Bible Truth or Pagan Scare?—1951
• No. 3—Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists or Christians?—1951
• No. 4—Awake from Sleep!—1951
• No. 5—Hope for the Dead—1952
• No. 6—The Trinity, Divine Mystery or Pagan Myth?—1952
• No. 7—How Valuable Is the Bible?—1952
• No. 8—Life in a New World—1952, revised 1964
• No. 9—The Sign of Christ’s Presence—1953
• No. 10—Man’s Only Hope for Peace—1953
• No. 11—Which Is the Right Religion?—1953
• No. 12—Do You Believe in Evolution or the Bible?—1953, revised 1968
• No. 13—Why You Can Trust the Bible—1987
• No. 14—What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe?—1987
• No. 15—Life in a Peaceful New World—1987, revised 1994
• No. 16—What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?—1987
• No. 17—A Peaceful New World—Will It Come? (© 1991)—1992
• No. 18—Jehovah’s Witnesses—What Do They Believe?—1992
• No. 19—Will This World Survive?—1992, revised 2005
• No. 20—Comfort for the Depressed—1992, revised 2000
• No. 21—Enjoy Family Life—1992, revised 1998
• No. 22—Who Really Rules the World?—1992
• No. 23—Jehovah—Who Is He?—1998, revised 2001
• No. 24—Jesus Christ—Who Is He?—1999
• No. 25—Do You Have an Immortal Spirit?—2001
• No. 26—Would You Like to Know More About the Bible?—2001
• No. 27—All Suffering Soon to End!—2005

Targeted distribution

• How to Find the Road to Paradise (for Muslims)—1990
• Jehovah’s Witnesses—A Christian Community (for Muslims) (Arabic)—1992
• No. 71—Does Fate Rule Our Lives?—Or Does God Hold Us Responsible? (for Muslims) (Asian languages)—1994, revised 2001
• No. 72—The Greatest Name (for Muslims) (Asian languages)—1994, revised 2001
• No. 73—Who Are Jehovah’s Witnesses? (for Muslims) (Turkish)—1995, revised 2001
• No. 74—Hellfire—Is It Part of Divine Justice? (for Muslims) (Indonesian and Turkish)—1995, revised 2001
• No. 75—Will Suffering Ever End? (for Buddhists) (Asian languages) (© 1995)—1996
• Jehovah’s Witnesses—What You Need to Know (French, Dutch)—1996
• No. 76—Jehovah’s Witnesses Reply (Serbian and other languages)—1997
• No. 77—How Precious Is Life to You? (for Buddhists) (Mongolian)—1999
• People of France, You Are Being Deceived! (French, English)—1999
• No. 78—It Could Happen to You! (Russian)—2000
• What Is Brewing In France? Could Freedom Regress? (French)—2000
• “You Are the Light of the World” (Spanish)—2000
• No. 79—You Can Benefit! (Czech) (© 2000)—2001
• No. 81—Is Your Life Ruled by Fate? (Chinese) (© 2007)
• No. 82—You Can Trust the Creator! (for Native Americans) (© 2007)

Other

You Have Been Warned—1936

Dividing the People—1940

It Must Be Stopped—1940

Law-Abiding—1940

Quebec, You Have Failed Your People!—1946

Quebec’s Burning Hate for God and Christ and Freedom Is the Shame of All Canada—1946

Regret and Protest by American Convention-Hosts Over Religious Discrimination Against Visiting Witnesses of Jehovah—1950
How Has Christendom Failed All Mankind?—1958

Would You Like to Understand the Bible?—1968

Rwanda Persecutes Christians—1986

Religious Persecution in Singapore—1996

• Youths—What Will You Do With Your Life?—2002
• Would You Like to Know the Truth?-2008 - Read online

Bible Students tracts

Watch Tower Tracts (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1881

No. 1—Why Will There Be a Second Advent?

No. 2—(Title uncertain)

No. 3—(Title uncertain)

No. 4—Why Evil Was Permitted

No. 5—The Narrow Way to Life

No. 6—Albert Delmont Jones: A Call to "The Marriage Supper of the Lamb." The Hour of God's Judgment, and Consequent Fall of Babylon

No. 7—Work of Atonement—Tabernacle Types

The Minister’s Daughter—1882

Arp Slip (Arp Tract)—1887

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1887

No. 1—Do the Scriptures Teach That Eternal Torment Is the Wages of Sin?

No. 2—The Scripture Teaching on Calamities, and Why God Permits Them

No. 3—Protestants, Awake! The Spirit of the Great Reformation Dying. How Priestcraft Now Operates

No. 4—Dr. Talmage’s View of the Millennium

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1890

No. 5—Friendly Hints on Bible Study and Students’ Helps

No. 6—The Scripture Teaching Concerning the World’s Hope (The Hope of the Groaning Creation)

No. 7—The Wonderful Story of Wisdom, Love and Grace Divine (The Wonderful Story—The Old, Old Story)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1891

No. 8—The Wonderful Story—Illustrated (booklet)

No. 9—(Swedish translation of No. 1)

No. 10—A Broad Basis for True Christian Union. Contend Earnestly for the Faith Once Delivered to the Saints

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1892

No. 11—The Tabernacle Shadows of the “Better Sacrifices” (booklet) (© 1891)

No. 12—The Divine Plan of the Ages for Human Salvation—Why Evil Was Permitted

No. 13—(Norwegian translation of No. 1)

No. 14—Bible Study and Needful Helps Thereto

No. 15—“Thy Word Is Truth”—An Answer to Robert Ingersoll’s Charges Against Christianity

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1893

No. 16—(Same as No. 15 in booklet form)

No. 17—The Scripture Teaching on Purgatory

No. 18—Did Christ Die as Man’s Representative, or as His Substitute?

No. 19—(Norwegian translation of No. 14)

No. 20—(Swedish translation of No. 14)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1894

No. 21—Do You Know?

No. 22—(Same as No. 6)

No. 23—(German translation of No. 21)

No. 24—(Same as No. 5)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1895

No. 25—The Only Name—A Criticism of Bishop Foster’s New Gospel

No. 26—(Swedish translation of No. 21)

No. 27—(Same as No. 14)

No. 28—Why Are Ye Last to Welcome Back the King?

No. 29—(Norwegian translation of No. 21)

No. 30—(German translation of No. 28)

No. 30—(Extra) Wait Thou Upon the Lord

No. 31—(Extra) A Helping Hand for Bible Students (Ad for Millennial Dawn and letter of withdrawal)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1896

No. 32—What Say the Scriptures About Hell? (booklet)

No. 33—(Dutch translation of No. 1)

No. 34—(German translation of No. 1)

No. 35—(Swedish translation of No. 28)

No. 35—(Extra) (French translation of No. 21)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1897

No. 36—Awake! Jerusalem, Awake!

No. 36—(Extra) (French translation of No. 22)

No. 37—“How Readest Thou?”

No. 38—The Hope of Immortality

No. 39—What Say the Scriptures About Spiritualism (Spiritism)? (booklet)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1898

No. 40—What Is the Soul?

No. 41—Must We Abandon Hope of a Golden Age?

No. 42—Crosses True and False. Crucified With Christ

No. 43—The Bible Versus the Evolution Theory (booklet)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1899

No. 44—Gathering the Lord’s Jewels

No. 45—(Same as No. 8)

No. 46—The Good Shepherd and His Two Flocks

No. 47—(Swedish translation of No. 40)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1900

No. 48—What Say the Scriptures About Our Lord’s Return—His Parousia, Apokalupsis and Epiphania (booklet)

No. 49—Which Is the True Gospel?

No. 50—(German translation of No. 49)

No. 51—Heathendom’s Hope Future, Therefore Wait Thou Upon the Lord

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1901

No. 52—Food for Thinking Christians—Our Lord’s Return—Its Object, the Restitution of All Things Spoken

No. 53—The Scriptures Clearly Teach the Old Theology That Death Is the Wages of Sin, and Not Eternal Torment

No. 54—(Same as No. 14)

No. 55—(Same as No. 32)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1902

No. 56—Epistle to the Hebrews (Yiddish only) (booklet)

No. 57—The Scripture Teaching on Calamities and Why God Permits Them

No. 58—(Same as No. 17)

No. 59—The World’s Hope

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1903

No. 60—Why Are Ye the Last to Welcome Back the King?

No. 61—Protestants, Awake! (revised)

No. 62—(Same as No. 12)

No. 63—Christ’s Death Secured One Probation or Trial for Life Everlasting to Every Man

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1904

No. 64—Criticisms of Millennial Hopes and Prospects Examined

No. 65—(Same as No. 11)

No. 66—(Same as No. 21)

No. 67—(Dutch translation of No. 21)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1905

No. 68—Increasing Influence of Spiritism

No. 69—Study to Show Thyself Approved Unto God. Christendom in Grave Danger. Refrain Thy Voice From Weeping. Hope for the Innumerable Non-Elect

No. 70—Cheerful Christians. Divine Predestination in Respect to Mankind

No. 71—(Same as No. 15)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1906

No. 72—To Hell and Back! Who Are There. The Great Prison House to be Destroyed. The Oath-Bound Covenant. Selling the Birthright

No. 73—(Same as No. 57)

No. 74—Divine Plan of the Ages for Human Salvation

No. 75—Spiritism Is Demonism!

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1907

No. 76—Earthquakes in Prophecy. “Tongues of Fire.” “In the Evil Day.” Filthiness of Flesh and Spirit

No. 77—God’s Unspeakable Gift. What Would Satisfy Jesus for His Travail of Soul at Calvary?

No. 78—Physical Health Promoted by Righteousness

No. 79—The Lost Key of Knowledge. What Would Satisfy Jesus for His Travail of Soul at Calvary?

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1908

No. 80—Are You of the Hopeful or of the Hopeless? Seven Women Desire One Husband. The Millennial Morning Is Dawning! The Ransom Price Paid for Sinners Guarantees a Millennial Age of Restitution

No. 81—Gathering the Lord’s Jewels. The Hope of Immortality

No. 82—What Is the Soul?

No. 83—An Open Letter to a Seventh-Day Adventist

Calamities—Why Permitted?—1919

Christian Science—1919

Comforting Words of Life—1919

Demons Infest Earth’s Atmosphere—1919

Do You Believe in the Resurrection?—1919

Do You Know?—1919

Earth to Be Filled With Glory—1919

Gathering the Lord’s Jewels—1919

Golden Age at the Door—1919

Hope of Immortality—1919

Is There a God?—1919

Is the Soul Immortal?—1919

Joyful Message for the Sin-Sick—1919

Our Responsibility as Christians—1919

Predestination and Election—1919

Spiritism Is Demonism—1919

The Bruising of Satan—1919

The Case of the International Bible Students Association—1919

The Dawn of a New Era—1919

The Liberty of the Gospel—1919

The Rich Man in Hell—1919

Thieves in Paradise—1919

Weeping All Night—1919

What Is the Soul?—1919

Where Are the Dead?—1919

Why God Permits Evil—1919

Proclamation—A Challenge to World Leaders—1922

Proclamation—A Warning to All Christians—1923

Ecclesiastics Indicted—1924

The Broadcaster—1924

Message of Hope—1925

World Powers Addressed (A Testimony to the Rulers of the World)—1926

“Where Are the Nine?”—1928

Kingdom News

Tracts in the Kingdom News series have been published intermittently since 1918, replacing the earlier series, The Bible Students Monthly.

No. 1—Religious Intolerance—Pastor Russell’s Followers Persecuted Because They Tell the People the Truth—Treatment of Bible Students Smacks of the ‘Dark Ages’—1918

No. 2—“The Finished Mystery” and Why Suppressed—Clergymen Take a Hand—1918

No. 3—Two Great Battles Raging—Fall of Autocracy Certain—Satanic Strategy Doomed to Failure—The Birth of Antichrist—1918

No. 4—Attempt to Wreck Garden Assembly—The Facts—1939

No. 5—Can Religion Save the World From Disaster?—1939

No. 6—Time of Darkness—Isaiah 60:2—1940

No. 6—Which Will Give You Freedom? Religion or Christianity? (London)—1940

No. 7—Do You Condemn or Wink at Unspeakable Crimes?—1940

No. 7—Religionists Devise Mischief to Destroy Christians (London)—1940

No. 8—If the Bill Becomes Law—1941

No. 8—Jehovah’s Mandate to His Servants; Witness Against Papal Rome, Nazism, Fascism—Enemies of Christianity (London)—1941

No. 9—Victories in Your Defense—1941

No. 9—Where Does the Church of Scotland Stand? (London)—1941

No. 10—Life in the New Earth Under New Heavens—1942

No. 11—The People Have a Right to Good News Now—1942

No. 12—The Last War Wins the Peace Eternal—1943

No. 13—Education for Life in the New World—1944

No. 14—Overcoming Fear of What Is Coming on the Earth—1944

No. 15—World Conspiracy Against the Truth—1946

No. 16—Is Time Running Out for Mankind?—1973

No. 17—Has Religion Betrayed God and Man?—1973

No. 18—Government by God, Are You for It—Or Against It?—1974

No. 19—Is This All There Is to Life?—1974

No. 20—Would You Welcome Some Good News?—1975

No. 21—Your Future—Shaky? Or ... Secure?—1975

No. 22—How Crime and Violence Will Be Stopped—1976

No. 23—Why So Much Suffering—If God Cares?—1976

No. 24—The Family—Can It Survive?—1977

No. 25—Why Are We Here?—1978

No. 26—Relief From Pressure—Is It Possible?—1978

No. 27—What Has Happened to Love?—1979

No. 28—Hope for Ending Inflation, Sickness, Crime, War?—1980

No. 29—Is a Happy Life Really Possible?—1981

No. 30—Is Planet Earth Near the Brink?—1981

No. 31—Are We Nearing Armageddon?—1982

No. 32—A United, Happy Family—What Is the Key?—1983

No. 33—Life—How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation?—1985

No. 34—Why Is Life So Full of Problems?—1995

No. 35—Will All People Ever Love One Another?—1997

No. 36—The New Millennium—What Does the Future Hold for You?—2000

No. 37—The End of False Religion Is Near!—2006 - Read online

The Bible Students Monthly

The Bible Students Monthly (monthly, 1913–1918)

The Fall of Babylon (monthly, special subtitle during 1917-1918)

Everybody’s Paper (monthly, 1911-1913)

Peoples Pulpit (monthly, 1909-1911)

Recordings

• New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (3 discs, MP3 format)

• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (CD in digital audio format, 2005)
• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (CD in MP3
  MP3
  MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
  
   format, 2004)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (cassette, 1988)

• Awake! (CD in digital audio format, 2005)
• Awake! (CD in MP3 format, 2004)

Awake! (cassette, 1990)

Dramas

The Watch Tower Society produces audio recordings of dramatic presentations of biblical characters or contemporary settings with a religious theme. Audio recordings, including dialog, music, and sound effects, are produced at the Watch Tower Society headquarters and other branch offices. The recordings are presented at annual conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses, usually accompanied by members acting out the scenes with costumes and props. The audio recordings are later made available for home use by members.

• To Whose Authority Do You Submit? (Jeroboam
  Jeroboam
  Jeroboam was the first king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel after the revolt of the ten northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to the United Monarchy....
  
  ) (2006)
• They Bore Thorough Witness to the Good News (Paul the Apostle) (2004)
• Boldly Witnessing Despite Opposition (Saint Stephen
  Saint Stephen
  Saint Stephen The Protomartyr , the protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
  
  ) (2003)
• Stand Firm in Troublesome Times (Jeremiah
  Jeremiah
  Jeremiah Hebrew：יִרְמְיָה , Modern Hebrew:Yirməyāhū, IPA: jirməˈjaːhu, Tiberian:Yirmĭyahu, Greek:Ἰερεμίας), meaning "Yahweh exalts", or called the "Weeping prophet" was one of the main prophets of the Hebrew Bible...
  
  ) (2003)
• Respect Jehovah's Authority (Korah
  Korah
  Korah or Kórach Some older English translations, as well as the Douay Bible), spell the name Core, and many Eastern European translations have Korak...
  
  ) (2001)
• Warning Examples for Our Day (Zimri
  Zimri (prince)
  Zimri was the Prince of the Tribe of Simeon during the time of the Israelites in the desert. At Shittim he took part in the Heresy of Peor, taking as a paramour a Midianite woman, Cozbi...
  
  ) (2000)
• Appreciating Our Spiritual Heritage (Jacob
  Jacob
  Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
  
   and Esau
  Esau
  Esau , in the Hebrew Bible, is the oldest son of Isaac. He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, and by the minor prophets, Obadiah and Malachi. The New Testament later references him in the Book of Romans and the Book of Hebrews....
  
  ) (1999)
• Families—Make Daily Bible Reading Your Way of Life! (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are characters in the biblical Hebrew book of Daniel Chapters 1 – 3, known for their exclusive devotion to God. In particular, they are known for being saved by divine intervention from the Babylonian execution of being burned alive in a fiery furnace...
  
  ) (1998)
• Keep Your Eye Simple (contemporary) (1998)
• Marked for Survival (contemporary) (1998)
• Why Respect Theocratic Arrangements? (Gideon) (1997)
• Doing What is Right in Jehovah's Eyes (Josiah
  Josiah
  Josiah or Yoshiyahu or Joshua was a king of Judah who instituted major reforms. Josiah is credited by most historians with having established or compiled important Jewish scriptures during the Deuteronomic reform that occurred during his rule.Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight, after...
  
  ) (1993)
• Doing God's Will With Zeal (Jehu
  Jehu
  Jehu was a king of Israel. He was the son of Jehoshaphat, and grandson of Nimshi.William F. Albright has dated his reign to 842-815 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841-814 BC...
  
  ) (1992)
• Jehovah's Judgment Against Law-Defying People (Noah
  Noah
  Noah was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The biblical story of Noah is contained in chapters 6–9 of the book of Genesis, where he saves his family and representatives of all animals from the flood by constructing an ark...
  
   and Lot
  Lot (Bible)
  Lot is a man from the Book of Genesis chapters 11-14 and 19, in the Hebrew Bible. Notable episodes in his life include his travels with his uncle Abram ; his flight from the destruction of Sodom, in the course of which Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of salt; and the seduction by his...
  
  ) (1990)
• Preserving Life in Time of Famine (Joseph) (1990)
• Jehovah Delivers Those Calling Upon His Name (Joshua
  Joshua
  Joshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...
  
  ) (1987)
• Beware of Losing Faith by Drawing Away From Jehovah (Moses
  Moses
  Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
  
  ) (1982)
• Jehovah's Name to be Declared in All the Earth (Plagues of Egypt
  Plagues of Egypt
  The Plagues of Egypt , also called the Ten Plagues or the Biblical Plagues, were ten calamities that, according to the biblical Book of Exodus, Israel's God, Yahweh, inflicted upon Egypt to persuade Pharaoh to release the ill-treated Israelites from slavery. Pharaoh capitulated after the tenth...
  
  ) (1981)

Videos

• Jehovah's Witnesses—Faith in Action (2 volumes)
• Out of Darkness (2010)
• Let the Light Shine (2011)
• The Wonders of Creation Reaveal God's Glory (2009)
• Jehovah's Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Assault (2008)
• Warning Examples for Our Day—Respect Jehovah's Authority (Bible dramas) (2008)
• Pursue Goals That Honor God (2007)
• To the Ends of the Earth and United by Divine Teaching (2007)

United by Divine Teaching (1994)

To the Ends of the Earth (1995)

• Organized to Share Good News and Whole Association of Brothers (2006)

Our Whole Association of Brothers (2000)

The New World Society in Action (1995)

Jehovah's Witnesses—The Organization Behind the Name (1990)

• Noah Walked with God—David Trusted in God (2004)
• Noah—He Walked With God (1997)
• Transfusion Alternatives—Documentary Series
• Transfusion-Alternative Strategies—Simple, Safe, Effective (2000)
• No Blood—Medicine Meets the Challenge (2001)
• Transfusion-Alternative Health Care—Meeting Patient Needs and Rights (2002)
• Faithful Under Trials—Jehovah's Witnesses in the Soviet Union (2001)
• Young People Ask (2 volumes)
• How Can I Make Real Friends? (1999)
• What Will I Do With My Life? (2004)
• Jehovah's Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Assault (1996)
• Purple Triangles (1992)
• The Bible—A Book of Fact and Prophecy (3 volumes)
• Accurate History, Reliable Prophecy (1992)
• Mankind's Oldest Modern Book (1994)
• Its Power in Your Life (1997)

External links

• Literature published by Jehovah's Witnesses