Blackboard Outline I. =Loc. Ex.= N.--P. G. R. S.--Cas. 1,400. 900. 1,110,000. II. =Se.= Cas. Per. G. R. S. Med. S. D. S. L. Ch. III. =Mtn. Ran.= Ar. Cas. Zag. Leb. Tau. IV. =Riv.= Ar. Tig. Eup. Jor. Ni. V. =Nat. Div.= Ea. Sl. Cen. Pl. Wes. Sl. VI. =La.= 1. Ar. Me. Per. 2. Ass. El. Mes. Chal. Ar. 3. Syr. Phoe. Pal. Wil. Eg. VII. =Pla.= Ed. Sh. Bab. Nin. Har. Dam. Ty. Jer. Mem. Review Questions How large was the Old Testament world? Between what bodies of water was it located? What were its dimensions? Name its six important bodies of water. Locate each of these bodies of water. Name and describe its mountain ranges. Name and locate its five important rivers. State and describe its three natural divisions. Name and locate the lands of the eastern slope. Name and locate the lands of the central plain. Name and locate the lands of the western slope. Name its nine important places. Locate each of the nine places. SECOND STUDY Old Testament History The divine revelation which the Bible contains is given in the form of a history. God revealed his plan of saving men not in a system of doctrine, but in the record of his dealings with the world at large, and especially with one people. To understand this revelation it is necessary for us to view the great stream of history contained in the Bible. Our study on this subject will include the principal events from the creation of man, at a date unknown, to the birth of Christ.[1] PART ONE We begin by dividing the entire field of time to the opening of the New Testament into five periods. Each of these we write at the head of a column. (See the Blackboard Outline.) I. The Period of the Human Race. II. The Period of the Chosen Family. III. The Period of the Is'ra-el-ite People. IV. The Period of the Is'ra-el-ite Kingdom. V. The Period of the Jew'ish Province. I. We find in the opening of the Bible that the =Human Race= is the subject of the history. This theme extends through the first eleven chapters of Genesis, which narrate the history of much more than half of the time included in the Bible. During this long period no one tribe or nation or family is selected; but the story of all mankind is related by the historian. 1. This period begins with the =Creation of Man= (not the creation of the _world_), at some unknown time which scholars have not been able to fix; and it ends with the =Call of A'bra-ham=, also at a date uncertain, though given with some doubt at about B. C. 2280. With this event Bible history properly begins.