A Brief Bible History: A Survey of the Old and New Testaments
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
Section I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES
Section II THE LIFE OF CHRIST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES
This book surveys the history of God's redeeming grace. It reviews Old Testament history, disclosing the stream of God's redeeming purposes flowing down through the older times. It reviews New Testament history, disclosing the broadening and deepening of that purpose for us men and for mankind in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and his Church.
The chapters included in this book appear also as a part of Teaching the Teacher, a First Book in Teacher Training, and are issued in this form to supply the demand for a brief Bible history, for popular reading.
Harold McA. Robinson.
The Development of the Church in Old Testament Times By James Oscar Boyd, Ph.D., D.D.
James Oscar Boyd
J. Gresham Machen
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Contents
Introduction
SECTION I
LESSON I
Before Abraham
LESSON II
The Patriarchs
LESSON III
Egyptian Bondage and Deliverance
LESSON IV
Moses as Leader and Lawgiver
LESSON V
The Conquest and Settlement of Canaan
LESSON VI
The Period of the Judges
LESSON VII
Samuel and Saul: Prophecy and Monarchy
LESSON VIII
David and Solomon: Psalms and Wisdom
LESSON IX
The Kingdom of Israel
LESSON X
The Kingdom of Judah, to Hezekiah
LESSON XI
Judah, from Hezekiah to the Exile
LESSON XII
The Exile and the Restoration
LESSON XIII
The Jewish State Under Persia
LESSON XIV
Israel's Religious Life
LESSON XV
"The Coming One"
LESSON I
The Preparation
LESSON II
The Coming of the Lord
LESSON III
The Baptism
LESSON IV
The Early Judean Ministry
LESSON V
The Beginning of the Galilæan Ministry
LESSON VI
The Period of Popularity
LESSON VII
The Turning Point
LESSON VIII
Jesus as Messiah
LESSON IX
The Prediction of the Cross
LESSON X
The Last Journeys
LESSON XI
Teaching in the Temple
LESSON XII
The Crucifixion
LESSON XIII
The Resurrection
LESSON XIV
The Beginnings of the Christian Church
LESSON XV
The First Persecution
LESSON XVI
The Conversion of Paul
LESSON XVII
The Gospel Given to the Gentiles
LESSON XVIII
The First Missionary Journey and the Apostolic Council
LESSON XIX
The Second Missionary Journey
LESSON XX
The Third Missionary Journey. The Epistle to the Galatians
LESSON XXI
The Third Missionary Journey. The Epistles to the Corinthians and to the Romans
LESSON XXII
The First Imprisonment of Paul
LESSON XXIII
The Close of the Apostolic Age
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