What the Bible Is All About

by Blankenbaker, Frances

• ISBN13: 9780830723645
• ISBN10: 0830723641
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Gospel Light Pubns

Summary

A discussion of the origin, significance, and contents of the Bible, with a book-by-book analysis of events, as well as timelines, photographs, and maps to pinpoint when and where they happened.

Author Biography

Dr. Henrietta C. Mears founded Gospel Light, Forest Home and Gospel Literature International. She had a far-reaching impact on hundreds of Christian leaders, including Bill and Vonette Bright and Billy Graham who said, "she is certainly one of the greatest Christians I have ever known."

Table of Contents

Foreword	4	(5)
Adventure Ahead!	9	(6)
Becoming God's Child	15	(8)
The Bible---A Library of Smaller Books	23	(1)
Let's Look at the Books of the Law	24	(30)
Genesis	25	(10)
Exodus	35	(6)
Leviticus	41	(4)
Numbers	45	(6)
Deuteronomy	51	(3)
Let's Look at the Books of History	54	(66)
Joshua	55	(6)
Judges	61	(6)
Ruth	67	(4)
First Samuel	71	(7)
Second Samuel	78	(6)
First Kings	84	(8)
Second Kings	92	(9)
First Chronicles	101	(4)
Second Chronicles	105	(3)
Ezra	108	(4)
Nehemiah	112	(4)
Esther	116	(4)
Let's Look at the Books of Poetry	120	(16)
Job	121	(4)
Psalms	125	(5)
Proverbs	130	(3)
Ecclesiastes	133	(2)
Song of Songs	135	(1)
Let's Look at the Books of Prophecy	136	(64)
Isaiah	141	(6)
Jeremiah	147	(5)
Lamentations (lam-uhn-TAY-shuhnz)	152	(1)
Ezekiel	153	(4)
Daniel	157	(6)
Hosea	163	(3)
Joel	166	(3)
Amos	169	(4)
Obadiah	173	(3)
Jonah	176	(4)
Micah	180	(3)
Nahum	183	(3)
Habakkuk	186	(2)
Zephaniah	188	(3)
Haggai	191	(3)
Zechariah	194	(3)
Malachi	197	(3)
Let's Look at the Time Between the Old Testament and the New Testament	200	(4)
Let's Look at the Gospels	204	(41)
Matthew	207	(9)
Mark	216	(4)
Luke	220	(5)
John	225	(6)
History
Acts	231	(14)
Let's Look at the Letters of Paul and Others	245	(48)
Romans	248	(2)
First Corinthians	250	(2)
Second Corinthians	252	(2)
Galatians	254	(2)
Ephesians	256	(2)
Philippians	258	(2)
Colossians	260	(2)
First Thessalonians	262	(2)
Second Thessalonians	264	(2)
First Timothy	266	(2)
Second Timothy	268	(2)
Titus	270	(2)
Philemon	272	(2)
Hebrews	274	(4)
James	278	(2)
First Peter	280	(2)
Second Peter	282	(2)
First John	284	(2)
Second John	286	(1)
Third John	287	(1)
Jude	288	(1)
Prophecy
Revelation	289	(4)
A Dictionary of Bible Words	293	(53)
Bible Times Information
The Lands of the Bible	337	(2)
The Geography of Canaan	339	(2)
Places in the Old Testament	341	(2)
Jerusalem
Babylon
Places in the Gospels	343	(3)
New Testament Jerusalem
Temple
Old Testament Time Line	346	(2)
New Testament Time Line	348	(2)
Index to Bible Lands Photographs	350	(1)
Bible Lands Photographs	351