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Introduction

Section I

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES

I. Before Abraham

II. The Patriarchs

III. Egyptian Bondage and Deliverance

IV. Moses as Leader and Lawgiver

V. The Conquest and Settlement of Canaan

VI. The Period of the Judges

VII. Samuel and Saul: Prophecy and Monarchy

VIII. David and Solomon: Psalms and Wisdom

IX. The Kingdom of Israel

X. The Kingdom of Judah, to Hezekiah

XI. Judah, from Hezekiah to the Exile

XII. The Exile and the Restoration

XIII. The Jewish State Under Persia

XIV. Israel's Religious Life

XV. "The Coming One"

Section II

THE LIFE OF CHRIST AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES

I. The Preparation

II. The Coming of the Lord

III. The Baptism

IV. The Early Judean Ministry

V. The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

VI. The Period of Popularity

VII. The Turning Point

VIII. Jesus as Messiah

IX. The Prediction of the Cross

X. The Last Journeys

XI. Teaching in the Temple

XII. The Crucifixion

XIII. The Resurrection

XIV. The Beginnings of the Christian Church

XV. The First Persecution

XVI. The Conversion of Paul

XVII. The Gospel Given to the Gentiles

XVIII. The First Missionary Journey and the Apostolic Council

XIX. The Second Missionary Journey

XX. The Third Missionary Journey. The Epistle to the Galatians

XXI. The Third Missionary Journey. The Epistles to the Corinthians and to the Romans

XXII. The First Imprisonment of Paul

XXIII. The Close of the Apostolic Age