Outlines of an Introduction to the Old Testament

By John Walter Beardslee

Table of Contents

 

Title Page

Dedication

Preface

The Old Testament

Its Name - The Text - Divisions of the Text

The Torah or Law

Its Name - Its Scope - Its Author - Its Sources

Outline of Genesis

Outline of Exodus

Outline of Leviticus

Outline of Numbers

Outline of Deuteronomy

The Nebiim or Prophets

The Former Prophets - The Latter Prophets - Their Chronology

I. The Former Prophets

Joshua

The Name - Position of the Book - Its Scope - Analysis - Literary Features - Authorship - Religious Value of the Book - Literature

Judges

The Name - Contents - Chronology - Authorship - Value of the Book - Literature

Samuel

Its Name - Contents - Authorship - Design - Samuel and Chronicles - Literature

Kings

The Name - Contents - Characteristics - Sources - Chronology - Authorship - Literature-

2. The Latter Prophets

Isaiah

The Name - Position among the Books - Conditions under Which Written - Contents - Authorship - Literature

Jeremiah

The Name - Conditions under Which Written - Peculiarities of His Book - Style - Doctrinal Teachings - Contents - Literature

Ezekiel

The Name - Date - Characteristics - Contents - Literature

Hosea

The Name - Political Conditions - The Text - Contents - Characteristics - Literature

Joel

The Name - Date - Analysis -Peculiarities - Literature

Amos

The Name - Style - Date - Contents - Characteristic Teachings - Literature

Obadiah

The Name - Date - Unity - Contents - Literature

Jonah

The Name - Contents - Authorship - Interpretation - Literature

Micah

The Name - Date - Unity - Style - Contents - Characteristics - Literature

Nahum

The Name - Date - Style - Contents - Literature

Habakkuk

The Name - Date - Unity - Contents - Literature

Zephaniah

The Name - Date - Unity - Style and Teaching - Contents - Literature

Haggai

The Name - Genuineness and Date - Style and Thought - Contents - Literature

Zechariah

The Name - Unity - Teaching of the Book - Contents - Literature

Malachi

The Name - Date - Style - Teaching - Contents - Literature

The Kethubim or Writings

Classification of the Books - Its Formation

Features of Hebrew Poetry

Its Extent - Its Tone - Its External Form - Literature

The Psalms

The Name - Position - Structure - The Inscriptions - Authorship - Teachings - Literature

Proverbs

The Name - Analysis - Age and Authorship - Literature

Job

The Name - Text - Authorship - Teachings - Structure - Integrity of the Book - Literature

Song of Songs

The Name - Authorship - Analysis - Form - Design - Literature

Ruth

The Name and Contents - Position of the Book - Date - Purpose - Literature

Lamentations

The Name - Position - Contents - Structure - Author - Literature

Ecclesiastes

The Name - Position - Contents - Authorship - Religious Value of the Book - Literature

Esther

Position - Contents - Credibility - Date - Author - Teachings - Literature

Daniel

The Name - Position - Contents - Origin - Design - Literature

Ezra, Nehemiah

The Name - Position - Relation of the Books to Each Other and to Chronicles - Contents - Peculiarities of Structure - Authorship - Value of These Books - Literature

Chronicles

The Name - Position - Contents - Historical Character - Authorship and Date - Literature