The Old Testament Chapter 1 The Beginning of the Universe 1　 The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth (Gen 1:1-2:3) 2　 Man and Woman (Gen 3:1-19) 3　 The Ark of Noah (Gen 6:9-17; 7:17-20; 8:6-12; 9:12-18) 4　 The Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9) 5　 The Call of Abraham (Gen 12:1-3; 15:5-7; 17:1-11) 6　 Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 18:16-33; 19:15-22) 7　 The Birth of Isaac (Gen 21:1-21) 8　 The Sacrifice of Isaac (Gen 22:1-19) 9　 From Jacob to Israel (Gen 25:19-26; 28:10-17; 32:23-33) 10　 Joseph and His Brothers (Gen 37:1-4,12-35) 11　 God's Plan for the Israelites (Gen 45:1-13; 46:1-7) Column: A Brief History of Ancient Near Eastern Countries (2000-1200 B.C.).       Chapter 2 The Land Flowing with Milk and Honey 1　 The Call of Moses (Exod 3:1-15) 2　 The Passover (Exod 11:4-10; 12:1-14) 3　 The Miracle at the Red Sea (Exod 14:5-31) 4　 The Ten Commandments (Exod 20:1-21) 5　 The Construction of the Tabernacle (Exod 40:17-38) 6　 Aaron's Blessing (Lev 9:1-24) 7　 Exploration of Canaan (Num 13:17-20,25-33) 8　 The Confession of the Faith (Deut 26:1-11; 34-5-8) 9　 Joshua, the New Leader (Josh 1:1-9) 10　 The Fall of Jericho (Josh 6:1-27) Column: Geography and Climate of the Palestine and its division among the 12 tribes.       Chapter 3 The Land without a King 1　 The Call of Gideon (Judg 6:11-40) 2　 Samson (Judg 16:15-31) 3　 Ruth (Ruth 2:1-20) 4　 Samuel (1 Sam 1:1-20) 5　 Saul (1 Sam 8:1-18; 10:20-24) Columns: The Hebrew Calendar and Festivals. List of the Judges.       Chapter 4 The Great Kings 1　 David (1 Sam 16:1-13) 2　 The Death of Saul (1 Chr 10:1-14; 11:1-9) 3　 The Kingdom of David (2 Sam 6:17-19; 7:11-16) 4　 David's Sin (2 Sam 11:1-17; 12:1-10) 5　 David's Repentance (Ps 51:1-21) 6　 Solomon's Glory (1 Chr 29:21-25; 1 Kgs 6:1-14) 7　 The Fear of God (Prov 1:1-7; 8:22-31; 31:10,15-22,25,26) 8　 Vanity of Life (Eccl 1:2; 3:1-8; 9:4-10; 12:1-5,12-14) Column: A Brief History of Ancient Near East (1200-930 B.C.).       Chapter 5 The Divided Kingdom 1　 The Kingdom Divided (1 Kgs 11:26-36) 2　 The Battle with Baal (1 Kgs 19: 1-18) 3　 Justice and Peace (Amos 5:21-27; 8:4-7; Mic 6:6-8) 4　 Hope and Love (Hos 2:16-25; Joel 3:1-5) 5　 The Fall of Samaria (2 Kgs 17:1-18) 6　 The King of Peace (Isa 11:1-10) 7　 The Attack on Lachish (2 Kgs 18:17-22; 19:1-7, 32-37) 8　 Josiah's Reform (2 Kgs 22:1-20) Column: The 12 Minor Prophets. Nah 1:1-3; Zeph 3:14,15; Hab 1:1-4.   Chapter 6 By the Rivers of Babylon 1　 The Resurgence of Babylon (2 Kgs 24:8-17) 2　 The End of the Kingdom of Judah (Jer 39:1-14) 3　 Laments of the Captives (Lam 2:9-22) 4　 The Vision of Temple (Ezek 47:1-12) 5　 In the Land of the Gentiles (Dan 4:16-34) Column: The Time-Line of the Prophets (900-500 B.C.). Obad 1:2; Hag 1:3-8; Zech 8:3-8; Mal 3:19-24.       Chapter 7 Back to Jerusalem 1　 God who Controls the History (Ezra 1:1-11) 2　 The Construction of the Temple Foundation (Ezra 3:8-13; 4:1-5) 3　 The Repair of the Walls (Neh 3:33-4:8) 4　 Ezra Reads the Law (Neh 7:72b-8:8; 9:1-3; 10:1, 29, 30) 5　 The Suffering Servant (Isa 52:13-53:12) Column: A Brief History of the Persian Empire with its Time-Line.       Chapter 8 Words of Wisdom and Love 1　 Esther (Esth 2:5-18) 2　 Jonah (Jonah 1:1-16) 3　 Job (Job 19:1-27) 4　 The Song of Songs (Song 2:1-17) 5　 Tobit (Tob 8:4-14) 6　 Judith (Jdt 9:7-10:5) 7　 The Maccabees (1 Macc 1:1, 5-15) 8　 Intertestamental Period   Columns: Maxims from the Bible (Pss 1:1,2; 23:1; 32:1; 37:4; 119:105; Prov 10:2; 15:17; 18:9; 15:1; 22:6; 23:22; Eccl 10:20; Sir 1:19; 6:6; Wis 7:29; 17:12). The Angels and The Devil.       The New Testament Chapter 9 Jesus, the Messiah 1　 The Birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1-21) 2　 John the Baptist (Mark 1:1-11) 3　 The Temptation (Luke 4:1-15) 4　 The Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5:3-10) 5　 The Twelve Disciples (Mark 3:13-19) 6　 Parables (Luke 10:25-37) 7　 Miracles (John 5:1-18) 8　 The Lord's Prayer (Matt 6:5-15) 9　 The Cleansing of the Temple (John 2:13-22) 10　 The Last Supper and the Crucifixion (Mark 14:22-26, 66-72; 15:16-39) 11　 The Resurrection (John 20:1-18) Column: The State of the Roman Empire and of Palestine in the time of Jesus.       Chapter 10 The Works of the Apostles 1　 The Coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-21) 2　 Paul's Conversion (Acts 9:1-18) 3　 Peter and Cornelius (Acts 10:9-37, 44-48) 4　 The Church in Antioch (Acts 11:19-30) 5　 Paul's Mission Trip (1) (Acts 14:8-28) 6　 Paul's Mission Trip (2) (Acts 17:16-34) 7　 Paul's Mission Trip (3) and the Trip to Rome (Acts 19:23-40) 8　 Paul's Letters to the Churches (1 Cor 1:18-25; 2 Cor 4:7-10; Gal 3:26-29; 1 Thess 4:13-18; 2 Thess 3:1-3) 9　 The Letter to the Romans (Rom 3:21-26; 8:23-28) 10　 Paul's Prison and Pastoral Epistles (Eph 2:1-6; Phil 2:6-11; Col 1:15, 16; 1 Tim 3:14-16; 2 Tim 1:3-6; Titus 1:5-9; Phlm 4-7) 11　 Jesus, the High Priest (Heb 4:11-5:10) 12　 The General Epistles (Jas 2:14-17; 1 Pet 2:9; 2 Pet 3:10, 11; 1 John 1:5-7; 4:9, 10; 2 John 5; 3 John 3; Jude 20, 21) 13　 John's Revelation (Rev 21:1-8; 22:1-5) Column: The Fall of Jerusalem       Chapter 11 Expansion of the Church 1　 From the Early Church to the Crusaders 2　 From the Reformation to the present Column: Bible Translations of the World and of Japan