Produced by Emmy, Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Notes: Bold text is surrounded by =equal signs= and italic text is surrounded by _underscores_. OUTLINE STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT FOR BIBLE TEACHERS By JESSE L. HURLBUT, D.D. [Illustration] NEW YORK: EATON & MAINS CINCINNATI: JENNINGS & GRAHAM Copyright, 1905, by EATON & MAINS PREFATORY THIS book has been prepared at the request of the New York State Sunday School Association, through its Normal Committee. The desire was expressed for a teacher-training course to include two years in the Bible: one year upon subjects contained in the Old Testament, taking the historical point of view, and presenting with the history the lands and the Israelite people, their institutions of worship; and a second year upon the New Testament, following the same plan. Those who have studied "Revised Normal Lessons" and "Studies in Old Testament History" will find most of these "Outline Studies" familiar; for it has not been my purpose, as it was not the desire of the committee, to furnish a series of new lessons, but to have the subjects of Old Testament study brought together in one volume. Each subject, however, has been studied anew, and the results of recent knowledge, especially in the chronology, have been incorporated in this revision. At the request of the committee new lessons on "The Old Testament as Literature" and "How We Got Our Bible" have been added. It is my earnest desire that through these studies the Bible may be better understood and more thoroughly taught by the Sunday school teachers of our land. JESSE L. HURLBUT. South Orange, New Jersey, September, 1905. CONTENTS PAGE PREFATORY 3 I. THE OLD TESTAMENT WORLD 7 II. OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY 12 III. THE BEGINNINGS OF BIBLE HISTORY 21 IV. THE WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS 26 V. INSTITUTIONS OF ISRAELITE WORSHIP 33 VI. THE LAND OF PALESTINE 41 VII. THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN 46 VIII. THE AGE OF THE HEROES 51 IX. THE RISE OF THE ISRAELITE EMPIRE 57 X. THE REIGN OF SOLOMON 63 XI. THE TEMPLE ON MOUNT MORIAH 69 XII. THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL 75 XIII. THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH 81 XIV. THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH 84 XV. THE JEWISH PROVINCE 92 XVI. THE OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE 99 XVII. HOW WE GOT OUR BIBLE 104 Outline Studies in the Old Testament FIRST STUDY The Old Testament World