The Victor Journey Through the Bible

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David C Cook, 1996 - Bibles - 416 pages

Now You Can Journey through the Bible from Your Living Room Chair!

The David C. Cook Journey through the Bible is a unique resource that approaches the Bible story by story. In these pages you will discover around 250 of your favorite Bible stories presented with background information in word and picture. This storehouse of authentic material includes these features:

- over 400 colorful pages of photographs, drawings, maps, and charts
- more than 100 drawings from objects or monuments of Bible times,
- over 200 photographs of Bible lands today,
- photographs of more than 50 archaeological discoveries,
- scores of reconstructions and diagrams,
- and dozens of colorful maps.

This easy-to-read, visual exploration of the Bible allows you to follow the action from Genesis to Revelation. The stories of Scripture will come alive as you travel story-by-story through Bible lands and times. You will discover how ancient people really lived--the foods they ate, the homes they lived in, the clothes they wore, the work they performed. Every library, home, church, and school will want this complete reference work on its shelves. It will enrich Sunday School lesson preparation, Bible storytelling, family devotions, and Bible study. The David C. Cook Journey through the Bible is unparalleled as a user-friendly resource!

 

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Contents

CREATION
10
THE FALL
12
CAIN AND ABEL
13
NOAH BUILDS THE ARK
14
THE TOWER OF BABEL
16
ABRAHAMS JOURNEYS
18
ABRAHAM AND LOT
20
GODS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM
21
JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE
218
NICODEMUS
220
THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
222
THE NOBLEMANS SON IS HEALED
224
JESUS AT THE SYNAGOGUE
226
THE MIRACLE OF FISH
228
JESUS CALLS FOUR DISCIPLES
230
AT THE CAPERNAUM SYNAGOGUE
232

ABRAHAM ENTERTAINS ANGELS
22
THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM
23
ISAAC IS BORN
24
HAGAR AND ISHMAEL ARE SENT AWAY
26
ABRAHAM OFFERS ISAAC
28
A BRIDE FOR ISAAC
30
ESAU SELLS HIS BIRTHRIGHT
32
JACOB DECEIVES ISAAC
34
JACOBS LADDER
36
JACOB MEETS RACHEL
38
JOSEPHS CLOAK
40
JOSEPH IS SOLD AS A SLAVE
42
JOSEPH IN POTIPHARS HOUSE
44
JOSEPH BECOMES GOVERNOR
46
JOSEPHS BROTHERS BUY GRAIN
48
JOSEPHS FAMILY MOVES TO EGYPT
50
HEBREWS BECOME SLAVES
51
MOSES IS BORN
52
MOSES KILLS AN EGYPTIAN AND FLEES TO MIDIAN
54
THE BURNING BUSH
56
THE PLAGUES
58
THE PASSOVER
60
THE EXODUS
62
CROSSING THE RED SEA
64
FOOD IN THE WILDERNESS
66
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
68
THE GOLDEN CALF
70
THE TABERNACLE
72
TWELVE SPIES
74
THE BRONZE SERPENT
76
CROSSING THE JORDAN
78
JERICHO CAPTURED
80
ACHANS SIN AND THE CONQUEST OF AI
82
THE SUN AND MOON STAND STILL AT AIJALON
84
GIDEONS CALL AND TESTS
86
GIDEONS 300
88
THE BIRTH OF SAMSON
90
SAMSON THE PRISONER
92
THE STORY OF RUTH
94
THE BIRTH OF SAMUEL
96
GOD SPEAKS TO SAMUEL
98
THE ARK IS CAPTURED
100
THE RETURN OF THE ARK
101
SAUL IS MADE KING
102
SAUL SACRIFICES WRONGLY
103
SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID
104
DAVID PLAYS FOR SAUL
106
DAVID AND GOLIATH
108
DAVID AND JONATHAN
110
SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID
111
JONATHAN WARNS DAVID
112
DAVID RUNS FROM SAUL
113
ABIGAIL SHARES HER FOOD
114
DAVID SPARES SAUL
115
THE WITCH OF ENDOR
116
SAUL DIES
118
DAVID BECOMES KING OF JUDAH
120
DAVID CAPTURES JERUSALEM
122
THE ARK IS MOVED
124
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA
126
ABSALOM REBELS
128
ARAUNAHS THRESHING FLOOR
130
SOLOMON BUILDS THE TEMPLE
132
SOLOMONS GLORY
134
SOLOMON TURNS FROM GOD
135
THE KINGDOM DIVIDES
136
RAVENS FEED ELIJAH
138
THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH
140
ELIJAH AND THE PROPHETS OF BAAL
142
ELIJAH AND THE STILL SMALL VOICE
144
ELIJAHS MANTLE TO ELISHA
145
NABOTHS VINEYARD
146
ELIJAH IS TAKEN IN A WHIRLWIND
148
ELISHA RAISES THE SHUNAMMITE BOY
150
NAAMAN IS HEALED
152
ELISHAS GREEDY SERVANT
154
ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
156
JEHU OVERTHROWS JEZEBEL AND DESTROYS BAAL
158
THE STORY OF JONAH
160
THE STORY OF ISAIAH
162
ISRAEL TAKEN INTO CAPTIVITY
164
SENNACHERIB GOES AGAINST HEZEKIAH
166
THE BOOK OF LAW FOUND
168
THE STORY OF JEREMIAH
170
JUDAH FALLS JERUSALEM IS DESTROYED AND ZEDEKIAH IS BLINDED
172
DANIEL AND THE KINGS FOOD
174
THE FIERY FURNACE
175
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
176
THE STORY OF QUEEN ESTHER
178
EZRA AND THE PEOPLE RETURN
180
NEHEMIAH PRAYS FOR HIS HOMELAND
182
NEHEMIAH BUILDS JERUSALEMS WALLS
184
EZRA READS THE LAW
186
THE STORY OF JOB
188
THE PROPHETS AND THE COMING KING
190
JOHNS BIRTH ANNOUNCED
192
JESUS BIRTH ANNOUNCED
194
MARY VISITS ELIZABETH
196
JOHN THE BAPTIST IS BORN
198
JESUS IS BORN
200
SHEPHERDS WORSHIP JESUS
202
SIMEON AND ANNA HONOR JESUS
204
WISE MEN SEE A STAR
205
WISE MEN VISIT JESUS
207
THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT
208
THE RETURN TO NAZARETH
210
THE CARPENTERS SHOP
211
JESUS AND THE TEACHERS
212
JOHN PREACHES IN THE WILDERNESS
213
JESUS IS BAPTIZED
214
JESUS IS TEMPTED
215
THE WEDDING AT CANA
216
JESUS HEALS PETERS MOTHERINLAW
234
A HEALING TOUR OF GALILEE
236
THROUGH THE ROOF TO JESUS
237
JESUS CALLS MATTHEW
238
A DINNER AT MATTHEWS HOUSE
240
WINESKINS AND PATCHED GARMENTS
241
AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA
242
SABBATH IN A WHEAT FIELD
244
THE WITHERED HAND
246
TEACHING BY THE SEA
247
CHOOSING THE TWELVE
248
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
250
A CENTURIONS SERVANT
251
THE WIDOW OF NAIN
252
THE SOWER AND OTHER PARABLES
253
JESUS STILLS A STORM
254
JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH DEMONS
255
THE FRINGE OF HIS GARMENT
256
JAIRUS DAUGHTER
257
TWO BY TWO
259
JOHN IS BEHEADED
260
JESUS FEEDS 5000
262
JESUS WALKS ON THE SEA
263
HEALING AT GENNESARET
264
THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN
265
JESUS HEALS A DEAF AND DUMB MAN
266
JESUS HEALS AT BETHSAIDA
268
A VISIT TO CAESAREA PHILIPPI
270
THE TRANSFIGURATION
272
A FISH WITH TAX MONEY
274
WHO IS GREATEST?
276
THE TWO DEBTORS
277
THE POOL OF SILOAM
278
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
280
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
282
MARY AND MARTHA
284
TEARS FOR JERUSALEM
286
THE LOST SHEEP
288
THE LOST COIN
289
THE PRODIGAL SON
290
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
291
JESUS RAISES LAZARUS
292
TEN LEPERS
294
A PHARISEE AND A PUBLICAN
295
JESUS AND THE CHILDREN
296
THE RICH YOUNG RULER
297
THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD
298
BLIND BARTIMAEUS
300
ZACCHEUS AND THE PARABLE OF THE THREE SERVANTS
302
JESUS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
304
JESUS AT THE TEMPLE
306
GIVE TO CAESAR
308
THE WIDOWS MITE
309
FIGS LAMPS AND SHEEP SOME PARABLES
310
MARY ANOINTS JESUS FEET
312
THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
314
THE LAST SUPPER
316
GETHSEMANE
318
JESUS ON TRIAL ANNAS CAIAPHAS AND THE COUNCIL
320
PETER DENIES JESUS
322
JUDAS HANGS HIMSELF
323
JESUS IS SENT TO PILATE
324
JESUS IS SENTENCED TO DEATH
326
THE WAY OF THE CROSS
328
THE DAY JESUS DIED
330
WOMEN VISIT JESUS TOMB
332
PETER AND JOHN VISIT JESUS TOMB
334
MARY MAGDALENE
335
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS
336
DOUBTING THOMAS
338
THE MIRACLE OF FISH
340
JESUS ASCENDS INTO HEAVEN
342
PENTECOST
344
PETER AND JOHN HEAL A LAME MAN
346
PETER AND JOHN BEFORE THE COUNCIL
347
THE BELIEVERS
348
THE SEVEN DEACONS
350
STEPHEN IS KILLED
352
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN
353
SAUL BECOMES PAUL
354
SAUL ESCAPES
356
DORCAS
357
CORNELIUS
358
CHRISTIANS AT ANTIOCH
360
PETER IN PRISON
362
PAULS FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
364
PAULS JOURNEY BEGINS
366
MISTAKEN FOR GODS
368
PAULS SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY
370
THE MACEDONIAN CALL
372
TIMOTHYS FAMILY AND HOME
373
LYDIA BECOMES A BELIEVER
374
THE PHILIPPIAN PRISON
376
PAUL AT THESSALONICA
378
THE BEREANS ACCEPT PAUL
379
PAUL AT MARS HILL
380
PAUL AT CORINTH
382
GALLIO JUDGES PAUL AT CORINTH
384
BOOKS OF EVIL ARE BURNED
386
DIANA OF THE EPHESIANS
387
EUTYCHUS
389
PAUL IS ARRESTED
390
PAUL BEFORE FELIX AND FESTUS
392
PAUL BEFORE KING AGRIPPA
393
PAULS JOURNEY TOWARD ROME
394
PAULS SHIPWRECK
396
PAUL AT ROME
398
PHILEMON
400
THE SEVEN CHURCHES
401
INDEX
402
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About the author (1996)

V. Gilbert Beers (Th.D., PhD.) has spent a lifetime encouraging readers to delight in the Scriptures through his over 140 books, ranging from children's Bibles to reference works. The Victor Journey through the Bible is the product of nine visits to the Holy Land, including a research trip to take photographs for this work. He is currently president of Scripture Press Publications, Inc. Dr. Beers has been happily married for 53 years and is the father of five grown children. Dr. Beer is also the grandfather of eleven! Current Title: The Victor Journey Through the Bible

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