A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion / Principal Historical Facts and Personages of the Books Known as The Old and New Testament; With Remarks on the Morality of Nature

by Benjamin Offen

A LEGACY TO THE FRIENDS OF FREE DISCUSSION

By

Benjamin Offen

PRINCIPAL HISTORICAL FACTS AND PERSONAGES OF THE BOOKS KNOWN AS THE

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT; WITH REMARKS ON THE MORALITY OF NATURE

1846

CONTENTS

• [PREFACE]
• [GENERAL INTRODUCTION]
• [DETAILED CONTENTS]
• [A LEGACY TO THE FRIENDS OF FREE DISCUSSION]
• [GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE]
• [THE OLD TESTAMENT]
• [CHAPTER I. FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE]
• [CHAPTER II. A REVIEW OF THE DELUGE AND THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES AT THE TOWER OF BABEL]
• [CHAPTER III. FROM THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES TO THE BIRTH OF MOSES]
• [CHAPTER IV. FROM THE BIRTH OF MOSES TO THE DEATH OF JOSHUA]
• [CHAPTER V. FROM THE DEATH OF JOSHUA TO THE REIGN OF SAUL]
• [CHAPTER VI. THE REIGNS OF SAUL, DAVID, AND SOLOMON]
• [CHAPTER VII. THE REIGN OF JEROBOAM, AND THE SEPARATION OF ISRAEL FROM JUDAH]
• [CHAPTER VIII. ON DIVINE INSPIRATION]
• [THE NEW TESTAMENT]
• [INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on THE FACTS AND PERSONAGES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT]
• [CHAPTER I.]
• [CHAPTER. II.]
• [CHAPTER III.]
• [CHAPTER IV.]
• [CHAPTER V.]
• [CHAPTER VI.]
• [CHAPTER VII.]
• [CHAPTER VIII.]
• [CHAPTER IX.]
• [REMARKS ON THE MORALITY OF NATURE]

[PREFACE]

IN the following pages the author has freely discussed the claims of the books called the Old and New Testaments, to be considered Divine revelations. He had a right so to do; and in presenting the work to the public he gives the result of his exercise of such right.