Bibliography: p. 413-416.

Source material --
Importance of Israel --
Israel's strategic location --
Geography of Palestine --
History divisions --
Patriarchal background : Historical accuracy --
Significance of Abraham's call --
Date of Abraham --
Abraham's country --
Departure --
Abraham : The New land --
Shechem, Bethel, Egypt, Bethel --
Rescue of Lot (Gen. 14) --
Destruction of Socom (Gen. 18:1-19;38) --
Covenant --
Waiting the promised child (Gen. 16:1-18:15) --
Abimelech and Philistenes (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 --
Isaac (Gen. 25:9-26:35) --
Jacob (Gen. 28:1-36:43) --
Joseph (Gen. 37-50). Sojourn and Exodus chronology : Duration of Egyptian sojourn --
Date of the exodus --
Life in Egypt : Four periods of Egyptian rule --
Egyptian life --
Jacob's descendants in Egypt --
Oppression institute (Ex. 1:8-22) --
Moses (Ex 2:1-10) --
Moses' choice (Ex2:11-25; Acts 7:23-29; Heb. 11:24-27) --
Moses returns to Egypt (Ex. 3:1-4:31) --
The Contest with Pharaoh (Ex. 5;1-12-12:36) --
Departure from Egypt. Israel in the Wilderness : Israel's route to travel --
To Mt. Sinai (Ex. 15:22-18:27) --
Giving the Law (Ex 19:1-24:18; 32:1-34:35) --
The Law --
The Tabernacle (Ex. 25-31: 35-40) --
The Number of people --
Sinai to Kadesh-barnea --
Thirty-seven years and six months of fruitless wandering (Num. 15-19; 33:19-36) --
Kadesh-barnea to the Jordan (Num. 20- 21; 33;37-48; Deut. 2:1-3:14) --
At the Jordan (Num. 22-27; 31-32; Deut. 31,34) --
Deuteromuy. 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 --
The Judges : Background matters --
Failure to occupy the land fully (Judg. 1:1-3:7) --
The Period of Mesopotamian oppression (Judge. 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. King Saul : Anointing of Saul --
The Rule of Saul --
The Rejection of Saul (I Sam. 13-15) --
Saul and David (I Sam. 16-20) --
Saul's last years (1 Sam. 22:6-19;28:1-25;31:1-13) --
David as fugitive (I Sam. 21-27; 29-30; II Sam. 1). Continued : David at Hebron (II Sam. 1:1-5:5) --
David establishes the Kingdom of Israel (II Sam. 5:6-8:18; 10:1-19) --
David's government --
Significant deeds --
Last years of David (II Sam. 13-20: I Kings 1:1-2:11; I Chron. 22; 28-29) --
Israel's greatest king --
Solomon : Established as king (I Kings 2:12-46; 3:4-28; II Chron. 1:1-17) --
Solomon's kingdom --
Foreign relations --
Building activity (I Kings 5:1- 9:9; II Chron. 2-7) --
Literary age --
Spiritual decline and punishment (I Kings 11; II Chron. 9:29-31) --
Solomon the king. The Northern Kingdom : the Revolt (I Kings 12:1-4; II Chron. 10) --
The Early years (931-885) (I Kings 12:25-16:20) --
Dynasty of Omri (885- 841) (I Kings 16:23-22:53; II Kings 1-8) --
Dynasty of Jehu (841-753) II Kings 9:11-10-:36; 13; 14:16-29) --
Decline of Israel (752-722) (II Kings 15:13-17:41) --
An Assyrian province. The Kingdom of Judah : A Period of confict with Israel (931-870) (I Kings 14:21-15:24; II Chron. 10-16) --
A Period of alliance with Israel (873-835) (I Kings 22:41-40; II Kings 8:16-29; 11:1-16; II Chron. 17: 1- 23:15) --
Four God-approved kings (835-731) (II Kings 12-15) ; II Chron. 23:16-17:9) --
Years of Assyrian dominance (743-640) (II Kings 16:21; II chron. 28-33) --
Babylon becomes dominant (640-586) (II Kings 22-25; II Chron. 34-36). Exile and Return : Developments in Judah (II 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) --
The Story of Esther (Esth. 1-10) --
The Elephantine colony --
The Close of the Old Testament history.