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| Introduction | |
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| Chronology of the Events of the Bible and the Ancient Near East | |
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| Map of Israel in Old and New Testament Times | |
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| What is the Bible? | |
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| Creation | |
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| The Flood | |
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| Nations and Languages | |
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| Languages of the Bible | |
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| Mesopotamia | |
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| The Patriarchs: The Biblical Evidence | |
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| Archaeological Evidence for the Patriarchs | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Joseph | |
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| Moses | |
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| The Ten Plagues | |
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| The Exodus | |
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| The Giving of the Law | |
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| The Tabernacle | |
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| The Conquest of Transjordan | |
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| The Conquest of Canaan: Jericho and Ai | |
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| The Conquest of Canaan: The Defeat of the Kings | |
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| Evidence of the Conquest of Canaan | |
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| The Geography of Canaan | |
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| The Climate of Canaan | |
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| The Twelve Tribes of Israel | |
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| The Judges | |
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| The Philistine Threat | |
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| The Establishment of the Hebrew Monarchy | |
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| David's Conquests | |
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| David's Latter Years | |
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| Writing | |
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| Archives and Libraries of the Ancient World | |
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| Solomon | |
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| Solomon's Temple | |
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| Solomon's Trade | |
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| The Division of the Kingdom | |
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| The Neighbors of Israel and Judah | |
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| The Kings of Israel | |
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| The Hebrew Prophets | |
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| Assyria: The Threat from the North | |
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| The Israelites Exiled | |
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| The Kings of Judah | |
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| Hezekiah and Sennacherib | |
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| Jerusalem Delivered | |
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| Warfare and Fortifications | |
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| Judah from Manasseh to the Fall of Nineveh | |
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| Josiah and the Rise of Babylon | |
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| Judah Exiled | |
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| The Later Hebrew Prophets | |
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| The Trade of Tyre | |
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| Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar | |
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| The Fall of Babylon and Cyrus's Decree | |
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| Rebuilding the Temple | |
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| Xerxes and Esther | |
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| Ezra and Nehemiah | |
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| Alexander the Great and the Spread of Hellenism | |
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| The Ptolemies and Seleucids | |
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| Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean Wars | |
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| The Jews in Egypt | |
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| The Jews in the Second and First Centuries BC | |
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| The Romans | |
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| Herod the Great | |
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| Herod the Great Rebuilds the Temple | |
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| Amulets and Scrolls | |
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| Jesus is Born | |
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| The Ministry of Christ: First Year | |
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| The Ministry of Christ: Second Year | |
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| Jerusalem in New Testament Times | |
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| The Ministry of Christ: Final Year | |
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| Jesus' Death and the Empty Tomb | |
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| The Birth of the Church | |
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| Travel in the Roman World | |
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| Paul's First Journey: Cyprus and Asia Minor | |
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| Paul's Second Journey: Philippi and Thessalonica | |
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| Paul's Second Journey: Athens and Corinth | |
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| Paul's Third Journey: Ephesus | |
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| Paul's Third Journey: From Ephesus to Jerusalem | |
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| Paul's Journey to Rome | |
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| The Letters of the New Testament | |
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| Rome | |
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| The Fall of Jerusalem | |
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| The Seven Churches of Asia: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum | |
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| The Seven Churches of Asia: Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea | |
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| The Spread of Christianity | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| Gazetteer | |
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| Scripture Reference Index | |
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| Picture Acknowledgments | |