ic period, the period of Elijah and
Elisha, and the period of the Messiah. If the student be well posted
as to the occurrences during these periods, and their teaching, he
will have at least a good working outline of the whole of the Bible
history in its most important developments. To emphasize these periods
we have added on the chart in the Memory Outline the dots that will be
seen, multiplying them at each period somewhat in proportion to the
multiplication of the miraculous element in the narrative.

Test Questions

What two ways are there of studying the Bible?

What advantage is there for our purposes in the second method?

Give the nine names that divide the Old Testament times into periods
of five centuries each.

What chronological peculiarity do we find in the Bible narrative?

Give some examples of this. (Pick out other instances of this
yourself.)

What peculiarity do we find in the distribution of the miracles?

Name the four periods in which the narrative amplifies and at the same
time the miracles multiply.

Lesson 1

The Old Testament Division

PRINCIPAL EVENTS

#Prelude.#--The story of creation (Gen. 1, 2). God was the
author of all and no idolatry was to be permitted.

#First Period.#--Adam, the first man; sinned and fell (Gen.
3).

#Second Period.#--Noah, the head of a family, saved in the
ark from a devastating flood; a new beginning for the human
race, followed by another failure (Gen. 6, 7, 8). The tower
of Babel (Gen. 11:4). Confusion of tongues (Gen. 11:5-9).

#Third Period.#--The chosen family, under Abraham, broadens
to tribal life. The descent to Egypt (Gen. 46). Prosperity
(Gen. 47:11), followed by oppression (Exod. 1:8-22). Moses
the deliverer (Exod. 3:1-11). The march out of Egypt (Exod.
12). Legislation at Mount Sinai (Exod. 20). Entry into Canaan
(Josh. 1-4). Times of the Judges. (Judg. 1 to 21).

#Fourth Period.#--Three kings in all Israel--Saul, David,
Solomon (1 Sam. 10 to 1 Kings 12). The divided kingdom.

#Fifth Period.#--The captivity (2 Kings 25). The return. Ezra
and Nehemiah.

#Leading Names.#--First and Second periods--Adam, Noah; Third
period--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samuel;
Fourth period--Saul, David, Hezekiah, Josiah, Elijah, Elisha,
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Hosea; Fifth period--Zerubbabel,
Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malac