A BRIEF
BIBLE HISTORY
A SURVEY OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
JAMES OSCAR BOYD, Ph.D., D.D.
AND
JOHN GRESHAM MACHEN, D.D.
PHILADELPHIA
THE WESTMINSTER PRESS
1922
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
THE TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF
PUBLICATION AND SABBATH SCHOOL WORK
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
SECTION I
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN OLD
TESTAMENT TIMES
LESSON PAGE
I. Before Abraham 7
II. The Patriarchs 10
III. Egyptian Bondage and Deliverance 13
IV. Moses as Leader and Lawgiver 16
V. The Conquest and Settlement of Canaan 19
VI. The Period of the Judges 22
VII. Samuel and Saul: Prophecy and Monarchy 25
VIII. David and Solomon: Psalms and Wisdom 28
IX. The Kingdom of Israel 31
X. The Kingdom of Judah, to Hezekiah 34
XI. Judah, from Hezekiah to the Exile 37
XII. The Exile and the Restoration 40
XIII. The Jewish State Under Persia 43
XIV. Israel's Religious Life 46
XV. "The Coming One" 49