| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| | [Foreword] | 7 |
| [I.] | Shepherds on the Border of the Desert | 9 |
| [II.] | Home Life in the Tents | 15 |
| [III.] | Desert Pilgrims | 22 |
| [IV.] | A Struggle Against Tyranny | 28 |
| [V.] | A Great Deliverance | 34 |
| [VI.] | From the Desert into Canaan | 39 |
| [VII.] | Learning to be Farmers | 44 |
| [VIII.] | Village Life in Canaan | 49 |
| [IX.] | Keeping House Instead of Camping Out | 55 |
| [X.] | Moral Victories in Canaan | 60 |
| [XI.] | Lessons in Cooperation | 66 |
| [XII.] | Experiments in Government | 70 |
| [XIII.] | The Nation Under David and Solomon | 76 |
| [XIV.] | The Wars of Kings and the People's Sorrows | 82 |
| [XV.] | A New Kind of Religion | 88 |
| [XVI.] | A New Kind of Worship | 94 |
| [XVII.] | Jehovah Not a God of Anger | 99 |
| [XVIII.] | One Just God Over All Peoples | 103 |
| [XIX.] | A Revised Law of Moses | 108 |
| [XX.] | A Prophet Who Would Not Compromise | 114 |
| [XXI.] | Keeping the Faith in a Strange Land | 120 |
| [XXII.] | Undying Hopes of the Jews | 127 |
| [XXIII.] | The Good Days of Nehemiah | 134 |
| [XXIV.] | Hymn and Prayer Books for the New Worship | 140 |
| [XXV.] | A Narrow Kind of Patriotism | 146 |
| [XXVI.] | A Broad-Minded and Noble Patriotism | 151 |
| [XXVII.] | Outdoor Teachers Among the Jews | 155 |
| [XXVIII.] | Book Learning Among the Jews | 161 |
| [XXIX.] | New Oppressors and New Wars For Freedom | 167 |
| [XXX.] | The Discontent of the Jews Under Roman Rule | 172 |
| [XXXI.] | Jewish Hopes Made Greater by Jesus | 176 |
| [XXXII.] | A Thousand Years of a Nation's Quest | 182 |
| | [Review and Test Questions] | 185 |