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Start of eBook	1
FOREWORD	1
CHAPTER I	1
THE SHEPHERD’S DAILY LIFE	2
TRIPS TO TOWN	2
THE HARD SIDE OF SHEPHERD LIFE	3
DESERT RELIGION	4
STUDY TOPICS	4
CHAPTER II	4
A CLUSTER OF BLACK TENTS	4
PREPARING FOOD	5
CLOTHING	6
FAMILY LIFE	7
STUDY TOPICS	8
CHAPTER III	9
BABYLONIAN CIVILIZATION	9
THE FAULTS OF THE BABYLONIAN CIVILIZATION	10
A SHEPHERD WITH IDEALS	10
STUDY TOPICS	11
CHAPTER IV	12
THE ACCESSION OF RAMESES II	12
THE BOYHOOD AND YOUTH OF MOSES	13
STUDY TOPICS	14
FOOTNOTES:	14
CHAPTER V	15
THE STRONG EAST WIND AND ITS RESULT	15
INFLUENCE OF THE EXODUS ON HEBREW RELIGION	15
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS	16
STUDY TOPICS	17
CHAPTER VI	17
THE LAND OF CANAAN	17
THE WILDERNESS WANDERINGS	18
THE INVASION OF CANAAN FROM THE EAST	19
STUDY TOPICS	20
CHAPTER VII	20
LEARNING TO RAISE AND USE CATTLE	20
CROPS OF ANCIENT CANAAN	21
VINEYARDS AND OLIVES	22
HARD WORK AND BRIGHT HOPES	22
STUDY TOPICS	23
CHAPTER VIII	23
LESSONS IN HOUSE BUILDING	24
OTHER VILLAGE ARTS AND CRAFTS	25
STUDY TOPICS	26
FOOTNOTES:	27
CHAPTER IX	27
HOME TASKS	27
WEAVING WOOL AND FLAX	28
PREPARING DINNER	28
STUDY TOPICS	29
CHAPTER X	29
IDOLATRY IN CANAAN	29
CANAANITE BELIEFS ABOUT THE WORLD	30
NEW TENDENCIES TO SELFISHNESS IN CANAAN	30
STUDY TOPICS	32
CHAPTER XI	32
SISERA AND DEBORAH	32
STUDY TOPICS	34
CHAPTER XII	34
GIDEON, THE ABIEZRITE	35
THE PHILISTINES	35
THE KINGDOM OF SAUL	36
STUDY TOPICS	37
CHAPTER XIII	37
DAVID AS A LEADER	37
PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION	38
DAVID’S SUCCESSOR, SOLOMON	39
STUDY TOPICS	40
CHAPTER XIV	40
AN ERA OF PERPETUAL WAR	40
BACK TO THE DESERT	41
THE PROPHETS	42
STUDY TOPICS	43
CHAPTER XV	43
SACRIFICES IN CANAAN	43
PRIESTS AND THEIR DUTIES	43
THE REIGN OF JEROBOAM II	44
AMOS	45
THE RESULTS OF AMOS’ WORDS	45
STUDY TOPICS	46
CHAPTER XVI	46
THE GOOD AND THE EVIL IN THE OLD SACRIFICES	46
HOSEA’S EXPERIENCE AND MESSAGE	47
STORM CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON	48
STUDY TOPICS	49
CHAPTER XVII	49
EARLY IDEAS OF JEHOVAH’S ANGER	49
SACRIFICE AS A PROPITIATION OF JEHOVAH’S ANGER	49
THE PROPHET MICAH AND HIS MESSAGE	50
STUDY TOPICS	50
FOOTNOTES:	51
CHAPTER XVIII	51
THE MESSAGE OF ISAIAH	51
THE CRAZE FOR FOREIGN GODS	51
THE STATESMAN-PROPHET, ISAIAH	52
STUDY TOPICS	53
CHAPTER XIX	53
THE EVIL DAYS OF MANASSEH’S REIGN	54
THE WRITTEN LAW	55
THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW LAW	56
STUDY TOPICS	56
CHAPTER XX	56
A CONVERSATION IN A JERUSALEM STREET	57
JEREMIAH’S MESSAGE OF A HEART RELIGION	58
JEREMIAH AND THE BABYLONIANS	58
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM	59
STUDY TOPICS	59
CHAPTER XXI	59
THE SETTLEMENT IN BABYLONIA	60
THE TEMPTATION TO FORSAKE JEHOVAH	61
KEEPING THE SABBATH	62
PRAYER AND PUBLIC WORSHIP	62
STUDY TOPICS	63
CHAPTER XXII	63
VOICES OF COMFORT AND HOPE	64
THE BEGINNINGS OF A RESTORED JUDAH	64
THE GREATEST OF THE PROPHETS OF HOPE	65
STUDY TOPICS	66
CHAPTER XXIII	66
NEHEMIAH’S GREAT ADVENTURE	67
THE WALLS REBUILT	68
NEHEMIAH’S REFORMS	68
STUDY TOPICS	69
CHAPTER XXIV	70
HYMN AND PRAYER BOOKS IN THE BIBLE	70
HEBREW MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	71
STUDY TOPICS	73
CHAPTER XXV	73
THE INCREASING HATRED TOWARDS FOREIGNERS AFTER THE EXILE	73
THE COMING OF THE GREEKS	74
STUDY TOPICS	76
CHAPTER XXVI	76
BROAD-MINDED PATRIOTS AMONG THE JEWS	76
STUDY TOPICS	78
CHAPTER XXVII	78
SCHOOLS IN THE OPEN AIR	78
THE TEACHING OF THE WISE MEN	79
HELPING PEOPLE TO LIVE LOVINGLY TOGETHER	80
THE RELIGIOUS TEACHING OF THE WISE MEN	80
STUDY TOPICS	81
FOOTNOTES:	81
CHAPTER XXVIII	81
BOOK LEARNING AMONG THE JEWS	81
TEACHING THE LAW AT HOME	81
THE NEW KIND OF TEACHERS, THE SCRIBES	82
THE SCHOOLS OF THE SCRIBES	82
GOOD AND BAD RESULTS OF THE TEACHING OF THE SCRIBES	83
JESUS WAS A WISE MAN RATHER THAN A SCRIBE	83
STUDY TOPICS	83
CHAPTER XXIX	84
THE JEWS UNDER GREEK RULERS	84
THE MACCABEAN REVOLTS AND VICTORIES	84
THE VICTORIES OF ROME	85
STUDY TOPICS	86
CHAPTER XXX	86
VARIOUS PARTIES AMONG THE JEWS	87
SMOLDERING HATE AMONG THE PEOPLE	88
STUDY TOPICS	88
CHAPTER XXXI	88
THE FULLNESS OF THE TIMES	88
THE COMING OF JESUS	89
CARRYING OUT THE IDEAS OF JESUS	90
STUDY TOPICS	91
CHAPTER XXXII	91
SUMMARY OF RESULTS	91
THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT—A TRUE RELIGION	92
STUDY TOPICS	92
REVIEW AND TEST QUESTIONS	92
A SHORT LIST OF BOOKS THROWING LIGHT ON HEBREW LIFE AND TIMES	94

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