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Introduction to the Bible
Richard Thetford www.thetfordcountry.com
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Categories of those surveyed whoread the bible
weeklyBased on October, 2000 Gallup Poll
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World Empires

• Egypt (1600 - 1200 B.C.)
• Israel (1200 - 750 B.C.)
• Assyria (750 - 612 B.C.)
• Babylon (612 - 539 B.C.)
• Persia (539 - 333 B.C.)
• Greece (333 - 63 B.C.)
• Roman (63 B.C. 476 A.D.)

Old Testament Until 400 B.C.
400 Years of Silence
New Test.
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Bible Periods

• Creation/Pre-flood
• Genesis 1-5
• Flood/Post Flood
• Genesis 6-11
• Patriarchal
• Genesis 12-50
• Egyptian Bondage
• Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 1-12
• Wilderness Wandering
• Numbers 13 - Deuteronomy

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Bible Periods

• Conquest
• Joshua
• Judges
• Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel 1-8
• United Kingdom
• 1 Samuel 9-31, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-11, 1
  Chronicles - 2 Chronicles 9
• Divided Kingdom
• 1 Kings 12 2 Kings 17, 2 Chronicles 10-29
• Obadiah, Joel, Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah

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Bible Periods

• Judah Alone (Northern kingdom no more)
• 2 Kings, 18-25, 2 Chronicles 29-36
• Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah
• Captivity (Babylon)
• Daniel (606BC), Ezekiel (597BC), Jeremiah (586BC)
• Witness is Jeremiah (Lamentations)
• Return from Babylonian Captivity and rebuilding
  the Temple
• Esther, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
• Silent Years (432BC to Christ)

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Bible Periods

• Life of Christ
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
• Establishment/Growth of the Church (History)
• Acts
• Letters
• Romans through Jude (21 books)
• Prophecy
• Revelation

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Why Should We Read the Bible?

• To learn of God
• Proverbs 21-5 2 Timothy 314-17

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Why Should We Read the Bible?

• To learn of God
• Proverbs 21-5 2 Timothy 314-17
• To maintain spiritual life
• Matthew 44 Job 2312
• To be sure of the truth
• 1 Peter 411 Acts 1711 1 Thes 521-22 John
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Why Should We Read the Bible?

• To avoid sin
• Psalms 11911 John 1717 1 Cor 1534 Hosea
  46 Hebrews 512-14
• To come to Christ
• John 538-40 Matthew 1128-30 John 1248

search from the book of the LORD, and read..
(Isaiah 3416)