A Class-Book of Biblical History and Geography

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Author

Osborn, H. S. (Henry Stafford), 1823-1894

Title

A Class-Book of Biblical History and Geography with numerous maps

Credits

Produced by Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible -- History of Biblical events -- Textbooks

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56019

Release Date

November 21, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A CLASS-BOOK OF BIBLICAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY:
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.PERIOD I. THE ANTE-DILUVIAN ERA. — CHAPTER I. CREATION: CHRONOLOGY AND ITS SOURCES. — CHAPTER II. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMES. — CHAPTER III. THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM. — CHAPTER IV. THE LINEAGE OF THE PATRIARCHS. — CHAPTER V. THE FLOOD.
5. 5.PERIOD II. THE PATRIARCHAL ERA AFTER THE FLOOD TO THE DEATH OF JACOB. — CHAPTER I. THE TWO ARARATS. THE SONS OF JAPHETH. — THE DISTRIBUTION OF RACES. — THE SONS OF JAPHETH: THEIR MORE RECENT NAMES. — CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF HAM. THEIR MORE RECENT NAMES. — CHAPTER III. THE DESCENDANTS OF SHEM. JOB. — THE HISTORY OF JOB. — CHAPTER IV. THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES. — CHAPTER V. THE HISTORY OF ABRAM AND HIS TIMES. — EGYPT FIRST MENTIONED. — THE FIRST BATTLE. — SODOM AND GOMORRAH. — THE ISHMAELITES. — HEBRON AND MACHPELAH. — BEERSHEBA AND GERAR. — CHAPTER VI. THE PATRIARCHS ISAAC AND JACOB. — JACOB. — CHAPTER VII. EGYPTIAN TESTIMONIES.
6. 6.PERIOD III. THE THEOCRACY TO THE JUDGES. — CHAPTER I. THE ISRAELITES IN EGYPT. — CHAPTER II. THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SINAI AND THE DESERT. — THE ISRAELITES IN THE DESERT. — CHAPTER III. THE ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN. — MT. HOR, MT. NEBO, MT. PISGAH. — THE ERA OF JOSHUA. — GILGAL AND JERICHO. — THE SETTLEMENT IN CANAAN. — CANAAN. — THE AMORITES. — THE HITTITES. — THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN. — THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CANAAN. — CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLES OF CONQUEST. — EBAL AND GERIZIM. — CHAPTER V. THE INTRODUCTION OF IDOLATRY.
7. 7.PERIOD IV. THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES. — CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OF THE OFFICE. THE CHRONOLOGY. — CHAPTER II. THE SCRIBES OF THE AGE.
8. 8.PERIOD V. THE PERIOD OF THE KINGS TO THE CAPTIVITY. — CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE MONARCHY. REIGN OF SAUL. — JABESH-GILEAD. — SAUL’S LAST BATTLE. — ZIKLAG AND THE SOUTH COUNTRY. — CHAPTER II. THE REIGNS OF DAVID AND OF SOLOMON. — GEZER. — CHAPTER III. THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM. — TIRZAH. — CHAPTER IV. ANALYSIS OF THE REIGNS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. — MORAL CHARACTER OF THE KINGS. — ABEL. — CHAPTER V. THE INSTITUTION OF THE PROPHETICAL OFFICE.
9. 9.PERIOD VI. THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH TO THE CLOSE OF THE CANONICAL PERIOD. — CHAPTER I. THE VARIOUS CAPTIVITIES. — THE VARIOUS CAPTIVITIES. — HALAH, HABOR, HARA, THE RIVER GOZAN. — CHAPTER II. THE COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. — CONDITION DURING THE CAPTIVITY. — PROPHETS DURING THE CAPTIVITY. — TAHPANHES. — DANIEL. — EZEKIEL. — OBADIAH. — ASSYRIAN KINGS OF THE CAPTIVITY. — NEBUCHADNEZZAR. — CHAPTER III. THE CAPTIVITY ENDED. — THE NUMBER OF THE JEWS AS A RACE. — CONDITION OF JERUSALEM AT THE RETURN. — THE HISTORY AFTER THE RETURN. — SUSA. — CHAPTER IV. THE CANONICAL BOOKS. SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH. — THE INSTITUTION OF THE SYNAGOGUE. — WHO WERE THE SAMARITANS? — SHECHEM AND SAMARIA. — THE SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH. — CHAPTER V. WHAT WAS SCRIPTURE? THE SEPTUAGINT. — THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS. — END OF THE CANONICAL PERIOD. — VARIATIONS IN THE BOOKS. — THE SEPTUAGINT, B. C. 286 ‒ 285. (?) — CHAPTER VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE TALMUD. — THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS. — FORM OF THE TALMUD. — THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD. — A WONDERFUL MEMORY. — CHAPTER VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
10. 10.PERIOD VII. THE NEW TESTAMENT ERA. — CHAPTER I. FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY. — NAZARETH AND BETHLEHEM. — THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR. — THE WISE MEN. — HEROD AND HIS SUCCESSOR. — THE EARLY CHILDHOOD OF JESUS. — THE INTERIM. — THE CHRISTIAN ERA. — THE HERODS. — IDUMÆA. — CHAPTER II. THE PUBLIC MINISTRY OF OUR SAVIOUR. — BETHABARA. — THE WILDERNESS. — DISCIPLES AND APOSTLES. — THE GENERAL ORDER OF EVENTS. CANA. — CANA OF GALILEE, JOHN 2:11. — CHAPTER III. FROM THE FIRST PASSOVER TO THE SECOND. — MACHÆRUS AND PERÆA. — ENON AND SALIM. — JACOB’S WELL, SYCHAR, John 4. — MATT. 4:12 ‒ 17; MARK 1:14, 15; LUKE 4. — CAPERNAUM. — CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND PASSOVER AND THE TRANSACTIONS UNTIL THE THIRD PASSOVER. TIME ONE YEAR. — THE POOL OF BETHESDA, John 5:2 . — HISTORICAL OCCURRENCES OF THIS YEAR IN THE ORDER OF TIME, WITH THE HARMONY OF REFERENCES AND LOCALITIES. — CHORAZIN AND BETHSAIDA, Matt. 11:21; Luke 10:13. — GADARA, GERGESA. — CHAPTER V. THE THIRD PASSOVER. — TYRE AND SIDON. — DECAPOLIS. — DALMANUTHA. MAGDALA. — JESUS GOES UP TO THE FEAST OF THE TABERNACLES. — THE LINE OF TRAVEL. — EPHRAIM, JOHN 11:54. — BETHANY AND BETHPHAGE. — ANNAS, CAIAPHAS, PILATE. — EMMAUS. — CHAPTER VI. THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. — PENTECOST. — THE IMMEDIATE SUCCESS. — THE FIRST PERSECUTION. — CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. — AZOTUS, CÆSAREA, LYDDA, JOPPA. — CHAPTER VII. THE GOSPEL FOR GENTILES AS WELL AS JEWS. FIRST MISSIONARY TOUR OF PAUL AND BARNABAS. — THE TWO ANTIOCHS. — JUDÆA, SAMARIA, AND GALILEE. — A PROCONSUL. — ICONIUM. — CHAPTER VIII. THE SECOND AND THIRD MISSIONARY TOURS. — THE THIRD MISSIONARY TOUR. — MALTA. — CHAPTER IX. PAUL AT ROME. THE SEVEN CHURCHES. COLOSSE AND HIERAPOLIS. — THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA. — PATMOS.
11. 11.Footnotes.
12. 12.Transcriber’s Notes.

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