Cliffs Notes on the Bible

✍ Scribed by Gary Carey

• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The importance of The Holy Bible, whether as a master work of literature or religious canon, can hardly be overestimated. This comprehensive study guide provides a unique approach to reading The Holy Bible and helps readers dive deep into the New Testament to analyze the teachings of Jesus through poetry and parable. The guide also leads readers through the Old Testament, the foundation for both Judaism and Christianity and the moral and political beacon for many nations of the Western world.

✦ Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT......Page 8
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE OLD TESTAMENT......Page 10
A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF OLD TESTAMENT WRITINGS......Page 20
THE PROPHETIC BOOKS......Page 26
THE HISTORICAL WRITINGS......Page 66
THE WISDOM LITERATURE......Page 84
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS......Page 92
THE APOCRYPHA AND THE PSEUDEPIGRAPHA......Page 107
INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT......Page 116
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TESTAMENT......Page 121
A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE LIFE OF JESUS......Page 137
THE PAULINE LETTERS......Page 143
LETTERS WRITTEN IN CAPTIVITY......Page 165
THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS AND ACTS......Page 169
THE PASTORAL LETTERS......Page 192
OPEN LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES......Page 197
THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS......Page 202
THE BOOK OF REVELATION......Page 209
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN......Page 217