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Bible Survey
In other sections of the this website, we have considered How
We Got the Bible and the flow of the Biblical story as it
unfolds in Journey through the Bible. Here we
want to provide an overview of the contents of each individual book
of the Bible - a "survey" of what is discussed in each book.
The books will be listed, by number, as they are arranged in the
English Bible and we will separate them into focus/nature
categories. If you are interested in copies of these outlines,
Adobe Acrobat versions will be available for each file (click on the
button at the bottom of each lesson, then when it opens in Acrobat,
save it to the desired location on your system).
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The Pentateuch |
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"Beginnings"
/ Creation through the Wandering of the Patriarchs |
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"Going Out"
/ Israel's exit from Egypt and year at Mt. Sinai |
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"Priestly
Manual" / A guide for the Levitical Priesthood |
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"Wilderness
Wandering" / Israel's 40 years of wandering for unbelief |
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"2nd Law" /
The Covenant Restated for the 2nd Generation Israelites |
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Old Testament Historical Books |
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"Conquest of Canaan" /
Joshua leads Israel into the Promised Land |
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Life during the lawless
era after Joshua died (ca. 1380-1051 BC) |
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United Israelite
Monarchy under Saul/David/Solomon (1051-971 B.C.) |
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Divided Monarchy (971-586 B.C.) |
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Spiritual View of the
Davidic Monarchy |
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The Babylonian Exile,
Return and Restoration to Judah (586-400 BC) |
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The Era between Malachi
and John the Baptizer (400-5 B.C.) |
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Old Testament Poetry/Wisdom |
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A Cosmic
Issue: Why do the Righteous Suffer & the Wicked Prosper? |
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Private &
Temple Worship/Prayer/Praise Songs of Ancient Israel |
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Collected
Wisdom about life from the Wise Men of Ancient Israel |
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A
Wise/Experienced Analysis of what constitutes the truly
"Good Life" |
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An
Allegorical Love Song |
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Old
Testament Prophets |
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What is a "Prophet"?
Testing & understanding the Prophets |
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Each Prophetic book overviewed;
topical issues; non-writing prophets |
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Downloadable Printer-friendly versions may be available for some files and these
will have a "Acrobat/PDF" link button present. You will need the Adobe
Acrobat Reader program installed on your computer to read and save these files -
this Reader is a free download from the Adobe Acrobat website. Clicking on
the icon will take you to the Adobe Reader download site. |
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A Ministry of
Severn Christian Church (Severn, Maryland)
Unless otherwise
noted, all material produced by Charles E. McCoy
All
Scripture citations/quotations from the New American Standard Bible
To send a question to Chuck:
chuck@severnchristian.org
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