
A Class-Book of Biblical History and Geography with numerous maps (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Scripture Study Guide to Sacred History, Holy Land Geography, and Bible MapsBy H. S. OsbornLength8h 1m
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A Class-Book of Biblical History and Geography is a pedagogical synthesis of sacred history and physical place, designed to guide students through Scripture with the aid of "numerous maps." Its method is expository and orderly: events, peoples, routes, cities, and landscapes are treated not as isolated facts but as mutually illuminating elements of the biblical record. Written in the nineteenth-century tradition of historical geography, the book reflects an era when classroom instruction sought to reconcile textual study, cartographic evidence, and moral education. H. S. Osborn brought to such a work the habits of a scholar concerned with both faith and empirical description. Known for his interest in biblical lands and the scientific observation of terrain, he wrote at a time when archaeology, exploration, and improved mapping were reshaping Protestant engagement with the Bible. His background helps explain the volume's confidence that geography can clarify chronology, narrative, and doctrine. This book is recommended for readers interested in biblical studies, historical geography, and the history of religious education. It remains valuable not merely as a reference tool, but as a window into how earlier scholars taught Scripture through landscape, movement, and map.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length8 hrs 1 min
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Publish dateDec 2, 2023
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Table of contents
1A Class-Book of Biblical History and Geography with numerous maps (Annotated)
2PREFACE.
3PERIOD I. THE ANTE-DILUVIAN ERA.
4CHAPTER I. CREATION: CHRONOLOGY AND ITSSOURCES.
5CHAPTER II. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMES.
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6CHAPTER III. THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM.
7CHAPTER IV. THE LINEAGE OF THE PATRIARCHS.
8CHAPTER V. THE FLOOD.
9PERIOD II. THE PATRIARCHAL ERA AFTER THE FLOOD TO THE DEATH OFJACOB.
10CHAPTER I. THE TWO ARARATS. THE SONS OFJAPHETH.
11CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF HAM. THEIR MORE RECENT NAMES.
12CHAPTER III. THE DESCENDANTS OF SHEM. JOB.
13CHAPTER IV. THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES.
14CHAPTER V. THE HISTORY OF ABRAM AND HIS TIMES.
15CHAPTER VI. THE PATRIARCHS ISAAC AND JACOB.
16CHAPTER VII. EGYPTIAN TESTIMONIES.
17PERIOD III. THE THEOCRACY TO THEJUDGES.
18CHAPTER I. THE ISRAELITES IN EGYPT.
19CHAPTER II. THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SINAI AND THE DESERT.
20CHAPTER III. THE ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN.
21CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLES OF CONQUEST.
22CHAPTER V. THE INTRODUCTION OF IDOLATRY.
23PERIOD IV. THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES.
24CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OF THE OFFICE. THE CHRONOLOGY.
25CHAPTER II. THE SCRIBES OF THE AGE.
26PERIOD V. THE PERIOD OF THE KINGS TO THECAPTIVITY.
27CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE MONARCHY. REIGNOFSAUL.
28CHAPTER II. THE REIGNS OF DAVID AND OF SOLOMON.
29CHAPTER III. THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM.
30CHAPTER IV. ANALYSIS OF THE REIGNS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL.
31CHAPTER V. THE INSTITUTION OF THE PROPHETICAL OFFICE.
32PERIOD VI. THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH TO THE CLOSE OF THE CANONICALPERIOD.
33CHAPTER I. THE VARIOUS CAPTIVITIES.
34CHAPTER II. THE COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT.
35CHAPTER III. THE CAPTIVITY ENDED.
36CHAPTER IV. THE CANONICAL BOOKS. SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH.
37CHAPTER V. WHAT WAS SCRIPTURE? THE SEPTUAGINT.
38CHAPTER VI. THE ORIGIN OF THE TALMUD.
39CHAPTER VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
40PERIOD VII. THE NEW TESTAMENT ERA.
41CHAPTER I. FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO HIS PUBLICMINISTRY.
42CHAPTER II. THE PUBLIC MINISTRY OF OUR SAVIOUR.
43CHAPTER III. FROM THE FIRST PASSOVER TO THE SECOND.
44CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND PASSOVER AND THE TRANSACTIONS UNTIL THE THIRDPASSOVER. TIMEONEYEAR.
45CHAPTER V. THE THIRD PASSOVER.
46CHAPTER VI. THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIANCHURCH.
47CHAPTER VII. THE GOSPEL FOR GENTILES AS WELL AS JEWS. FIRST MISSIONARY TOUR OF PAUL AND BARNABAS.
48CHAPTER VIII. THE SECOND AND THIRD MISSIONARYTOURS.
49CHAPTER IX. PAUL AT ROME. THE SEVEN CHURCHES. COLOSSE AND HIERAPOLIS.
50Footnotes