Includes indexes.

What the bible is -- Meaning of the name "Bible" -- Scriptural designations of the bible -- The terms "old testament" and "new testament" -- The language of the bible -- Order of books in the Hebrew old testament -- The 39 books of the old testament -- The 27 books of the new testament -- The inspiration of the bible -- The authority of the bible -- Christ the unifying theme of the bible -- The purpose of the bible -- Typology of the bible -- Historical background of the old testament -- The bible and the archeology -- Ancient writing -- Authorship of the Pentateuch -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Joshua -- Judges -- Ruth -- 1 Samuel -- 2 Samuel -- 1 Kings -- 2 Kings -- 1 Chronicles -- 2 Chronicles -- Ezra -- Nehemiah -- Esther -- Job -- Psalms -- Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes -- Song of Solomon -- The Prophets -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Lamentations -- Ezekiel -- Daniel -- Minor Prophets -- Hosea Joel -- Amos -- Obadiah -- Jonah -- Micah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Zephaniah -- Malachi -- Between the Testaments -- The four hundred silent years -- Events of the intertestamental period -- The apocrypha -- The pseudepigrapha -- The Targums -- The Talmud -- The synagogue -- The Sanhedrin -- The Pharisees -- The Sadducees -- The scribes and the Essenes -- Preparation for the Greek new testament -- Introducing the new testament -- The four gospels -- Matthew -- Mark -- Luke -- John -- Acts -- The epistles of Paul -- Romans -- 1 Corinthians -- 2 Corinthians -- Galatians -- Ephesians -- Philippians -- Colossians -- 1 Thessalonians -- 2 Thessalonians -- 1 Timothy -- 2 Timothy -- Titus -- Philemon -- Jewish-Christian Epistles -- Hebrews -- James -- 1 Peter -- 2 Peter -- 1 John -- 2 John -- 3 John -- Jude -- Revelation -- How the bible come to us -- The earliest Hebrew scriptures -- The text of the old testament -- Canonization of the old testament -- Printed Hebrew bibles -- The earliest Christian scriptures -- Origin of the new testament books -- Canonization of the new testament -- Text of the new testament -- Sources for new testament textual criticism -- Oldest old testament manuscripts -- Oldest new testament manuscripts -- English versions of the bible -- Modern speech translations --