1. Introduction -- Source Material -- Importance Of Israel -- Israel's Strategic Location -- Geography Of Palestine -- History Divisions -- 2. Patriarchal Background -- Historical Accuracy -- Significance Of Abraham's Call -- Date Of Abraham -- Abraham's Country -- Departure -- 3. Abraham -- The New Land -- Shechem, Bethel, Egypt, Bethel -- Rescue Of Lot (gen. 14) -- Destruction Of Sodom (gen. 18:1-19:38) -- Covenant -- Waiting For The Promised Child (gen. 16:1-18:15) -- And The Philistines (gen. 20-21) -- Near Sacrifice Of Isaac (gen. 22) -- Death And Burial Of Sarah (gen. 23) -- A Bride For Isaac (gen. 24:1-25:11) -- Abraham, Man Of Faith -- 4. Isaac, Jacob, Joseph -- Isaac (gen. 25:9-26:35) -- Jacob (gen. 28:1-36:43) -- Joseph (gen. 37-50) -- 5. Sojourn And Exodus Chronology -- Duration Of Egyptian Sojourn -- Date Of The Exodus -- 6. Life In Egypt -- Four Periods Of Egyptian Rule -- Egyptian Life -- Jacob's Descendants In Egypt -- Israel In Servitude (exude. 1:8-22) -- Moses (exod. 2:1-10) -- Moses' Choice (exod. 2:11-25; Acts 7:23-29, Heb. 11:24-27) -- Moses' Return To Egypt (exod. 3:1-4:31) -- The Contest With Pharaoh (exod. 5:1-12:36) -- Departure From Egypt -- 7. Israel In The Wilderness -- Israel's Route Of Travel -- To Mount Sinai (exod. 15:22-18:27) -- Giving The Law (exod. 19:3-24:18, 32:1-34:35) -- The Law -- The Tabernacle (exod. 25-31; 35-40) -- The Number Of People -- Sinai To Kadesh-barnea (num. 10:11-17:13; 33:16-19) -- Thirty-seven Years And Six Months Of Ruitless Wandering (num. 15-19; 33:19-36) -- Kadesh-barnea To The Jordan (num. 20-21; 33:37-4; Deut. 2:1-3:14) -- At The Jordan (num. 22-27; 31-32; Deut. 31, 34) -- Deuteronomy -- 8. The Conquest -- The Land Of Canaan -- Entrance To The Land (josh. 2:1-5:12) -- Conquest Of Central Palestine (josh. 5:13-9:27) -- Conquest Of The South And The North (josh. 10-12) -- The Land Divided (josh. 13-22) -- Institutions 9. The Judges -- Background Matters -- Failure To Occupy The Land Fully (judg. 1:1-3:7) -- The Period Of Mesopotamian Oppression (judg. 3:8-11; 17-21) -- The Period Of Moabite Oppression (judg. 3:12-31) -- The Period Of Canaanite Oppression (judg. 4-5) -- The Period Of Midianite Oppression (judg. 6:1-10:5; Ruth 1-4) -- The Period Of Ammonite Oppression (judg. 10:6-12:15) -- The Period Of Philistine Oppression (judg. 13-16) -- Samuel -- 10. King Saul -- The Anointing Of Saul (1 Sam. 9-12) -- The Rule Of Saul -- The Rejection Of Saul (1 Sam. 13-15) -- Saul And David (1 Sam. 16-20) -- Saul's Last Years (1 Sam 22:6-19; 28:1-25; 31:1-13) -- David As Fugitive (1 Sam. 21-27; 29-30; 2 Sam. 1) -- 11. David -- David At Hebron (2 Sam. 1:1-5:5) -- David Establishes The Kingdom Of Israel (2 Sam. 5:6-8:18; 10:1-19) -- David's Government -- Significant Deeds -- Last Years Of David (2 Sam. 13-20; 1 Kings 1:1-2:11; 1 Chron. 22; 28-29 -- Israel's Greatest King -- 12. Solomon -- Established As King (1 Kings 2:12-46; 3:4-28; 2 Chron. 1:1-17) -- Solomon's Kingdom -- Foreign Relations -- Building Activity (1 Kings 5:1-9:9; 2 Chron. 2-7) -- Literary Age -- Spiritual Decline And Punishment (2 Kings 11; 2 Chron. 9:29-31) -- Solomon The King -- 13. The Northern Kingdom -- The Revolt (1 Kings 12:1-24; 2 Chron. 10) -- The Early Years (931-885; 1 Kings 12:25-16:20) -- The Dynasty Of Omni (885-841; 1 Kings 16:23-22:53; 2 Kings 1-8) -- The Dynasty Of Jehu (841-753; 2 Kings 9:11-10:36; 13; 14:16-29) -- The Decline Of Israel (752-722; 2 Kings 15:13-17:41) -- Israel Under Assyrian Control -- Summary 14. The Kingdom Of Judah -- A Period Of Conflict With Israel (931-870; 1 Kings 14:21-15:24; 2 Chron. 10-16) -- A Period Of Alliance With Israel (873-835; 1 Kings 22:41-50, 2 Kings 8:16-29; 11:1-16; 2 Chron. 17:1-23:15) -- Four God-approved Kings (835-731; 2 Kings 12-15; 2 Chron. 23:16-27:9) -- Years Of Assyrian Dominance (743-640; 2 Kings 16-21; 2 Chron. 28-33) -- Babylon Becomes Dominant (640-586; 2 Kings 22-25; 2 Chron. 34-36) -- 15. Exile And Return -- Developments In Judah (2 Kings 25:22-26; Jer. 40-44) -- The Babylonian Period (605-539) -- Captive Judah -- The Persian Period -- The First Return To Judah (ezra 1-6) -- The Second Return (ezra 7-10) -- The Third Return (neh. 1-13) -- Esther (esth. 1-10) -- The Elephantine Colony -- 16. Between The Testaments -- Israel As A Vassal State -- The Maccabees -- The Hasmonean Era -- Social Developments -- Parties Within Judaism -- The Literature Of The Intertestamental Period -- Conclusion. Leon Wood ; Revised By David O'brien. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 383-386.

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