A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible Part 2

Let students prepare the others. Urge the pupils to use originality of thought and pen in producing them. The aim of the device is to impress by a simple picture the contents of the book as a whole. Under No. 2 the kind of literature may be described, as history, law, discourse, biography, etc. Secure answers to Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 in Bible Dictionary.

As a rule, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 will be given. Under No. 10 part of the chapters will be named, and part are to be read and named by the pupils.

After the pupils present the names of these chapters in cla.s.s, one must be agreed upon, so that the names will be uniform. When the names of chapters are given in the outline, require the pupils to glance over the chapters and verify them. Under No. 13 the foreshadowed facts of Christ are given, so as to manifest Him as the living center of the Book. Only the leading ones are selected. The teacher or pupil may add others. For convenience sake they are cla.s.sified as follows: (a) Symbol; (b) Type; (c) a.n.a.logy; (d) Prophecy. Though the words symbol and type are not technically distinct, we have agreed to use the word _symbol_ to designate an _object_ or _animal_ that prefigures Christ, as "star" or "lamb," and the word _type_ to designate a _person_ that prefigures Christ, as Melchizedek or Moses. We have also agreed to limit the symbols and types to those directly or indirectly mentioned in the New Testament. By a.n.a.logy we mean a person who, though widely differing from Christ in many particulars, bears some one resemblance to Him in quality or deed. These a.n.a.logies are not mentioned in the New Testament. The word _prophecy_ in the outline is confined, then, to _facts_ foretold regarding Christ. Under No. 15 let the teacher call for five or ten (suit the number to conditions) items of peculiar interest, touching the literary form, events, facts, teachings, etc. This topic is in accord with the first article of the Creed recorded on the opening page of the book. Under No. 16 let the teacher a.s.sign at least one chapter rich in contents for individual search upon the part of the pupils. Let the pupils record and number their individual finds. This in accord with the fifth article of the Creed. The purpose is to cultivate the "seeing eye"

and to develop originality in Bible research.

GENESIS

I. _Pictorial Device._

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NOTE.--In order to make the work and the method of recording it as clear as possible, the outline study of Genesis is printed in full, except the answers to the questions.

II. _Kind of Literature:_ History.

III. _Meaning of Name:_ Beginning.

IV. _Author:_ Moses.

V. _Beginning and Ending Dates:_ 4004 B.C. to 1689 B.C., making 2315 years.

VI. _Outline of Contents:_

1. 1 to 11. G.o.d's Dealings with the Human Race.

2. 12 to 50. G.o.d's Dealings with the Chosen Race.

VII. _Key Verse:_ 1:1 in part: "In the beginning G.o.d--"

VIII. _Leading Thought:_ G.o.d before all and in all and over all.

IX. _Leading Phrases and Verses:_

4:9--"Am I my brother's keeper?"

15:1--"Fear not, Abram: I am thy s.h.i.+eld, and thy exceeding great reward."

18:4--"Is anything too hard for Jehovah?"

X. _Leading Chapters with Names:_

1. The Six Days of Creation.

3. The Temptation, the Fall and the Promise.

4. Cain and Abel.

6 to 8. The Flood.

11. Babel.

12. Abraham.

22. The Sacrifice of Isaac.

23. The Wrestling of Jacob.

37. Joseph.

49. The Blessings of Jacob.

XI. _Leading Characters._ See Device.

XII. _Leading Lessons:_

1. G.o.d's Intimate Acquaintances.h.i.+p with Man.

2. The Wide Influence of One Person. (Let teacher and scholar ill.u.s.trate these.)

XIII. _What of Christ:_

(a) Symbol: (The blood of Abel. Heb. 12:24.)

(b) Type: Adam. Rom. 5:14.

Melchizedek. Heb. 6:20.

(c) a.n.a.logy: Noah. Joseph.

(d) Prophecy: 3:15: "I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel."

12:3: "In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed." See Matt. 1:1.

49:10: "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until s.h.i.+loh come: and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be."

XIV. _Questions:_

1. Name the first two great inst.i.tutions established by Jehovah.

2. Name the beginnings recorded in Chapters 3 and 4.