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 SECTION II THE LIFE OF CHRIST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES I. The Preparation 55 II. The Coming of the Lord 58 III. The Baptism 61 IV. The Early Judean Ministry 64 V. The Beginning of the Galilæan Ministry 67 VI. The Period of Popularity 70 VII. The Turning Point 73 VIII. Jesus as Messiah 76 IX. The Prediction of the Cross 79 X. The Last Journeys 83 XI. Teaching in the Temple 86 XII. The Crucifixion 89 XIII. The Resurrection 93 XIV. The Beginnings of the Christian Church 96 XV. The First Persecution 99 XVI. The Conversion of Paul 102 XVII. The Gospel Given to the Gentiles 105 XVIII. The First Missionary Journey and the Apostolic Council 109 XIX. The Second Missionary Journey 112