Sacred Texts Christianity

HUMAN NATURE IN THE BIBLE

WILLIAM LYON PHELPS

[1922]

Title Page
Introduction
I. The Creation and the Flood
II. Four Great Personalities--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
III. Moses and the Ten Commandments
IV. Famous Fighters in Canaan
V. Ruth, Eli, Samuel, Jonathan and King Saul
VI. King David
VII. Solomon in all His Glory--The Romantic Figure of Elijah
VIII. The Prophet Elisha
IX. Downfall of Israel and Judah--The Patriotic Stories of Daniel and Esther
X. The Apocrypha
XI. Wisdom and Philosophy--Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
XII. Human Nature Revealed in Poetry--Job, Song of Songs, Psalms, Isaiah