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A Class-Book of Old Testament History

George Frederick Maclear (1833 - 1902)

This is classic book by scholar, educator, theologian and preacher George Frederick Maclear, headmaster of King's College School, London, and later warden of St. Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury. Each short chapter is a nugget of events and persons of the Old Testament, giving a very accessible overview of history from the Earliest Times to those of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

Genre(s): Antiquity, Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Creation	Larry Wilson	00:06:56
Play 02	The Fall	KevinS	00:11:45
Play 03	The Flood	KevinS	00:13:02
Play 04	The Confusion of Tongues	Lee Stapleton	00:10:57
Play 05	Rise of Idolatry. The Patriarch Job.	Alton Kane	00:10:51
Play 06	The Call of Abraham	KevinS	00:17:08
Play 07	Life of Abraham continued	KevinS	00:19:24
Play 08	The History of Isaac	DavyDave	00:09:18
Play 09	Life of Jacob	DavyDave	00:13:52
Play 10	History of Joseph	Alton Kane	00:16:22
Play 11	Jacob’s Descent into Egypt, and Death of Joseph	Cliff Stone	00:15:25
Play 12	Note: Survey of the Patriarchal Age	Owlivia	00:10:00
Play 13	The Birth and Call of Moses	Cliff Stone	00:18:35
Play 14	Signs and Wonders in Egypt	Cliff Stone	00:16:01
Play 15	The Last Plague—The Passover—The Exodus	Tom Haire	00:12:23
Play 16	The Journey from the Red Sea to Rephidim	Cliff Stone	00:10:47
Play 17	Sinai and the Giving of the Law	Lee Stapleton	00:15:19
Play 18	Moses in the Mount. The Construction of the Golden Calf	Lee Stapleton	00:16:41
Play 19	The Tabernacle	Owlivia	00:15:24
Play 20	History of the Tabernacle	Owlivia	00:03:19
Play 21	The Priests	Cliff Stone	00:15:26
Play 22	The Sacrifices and Offerings	Cliff Stone	00:18:18
Play 23	Holy Times and Seasons	Owlivia	00:12:56
Play 24	The Great Festivals—The Jewish Calendar	Jael	00:12:50
Play 25	Note: Laws of Purity, etc,	Jael	00:10:34
Play 26	Civil and Moral Laws	Jael	00:16:21
Play 27	Kadesh-Barnea and the Mission of the Spies	Jael	00:15:58
Play 28	The Wanderings—Death of Miriam and Aaron	DavyDave	00:15:12
Play 29	Conquest of the East of Jordan—Balaam and Balak	DavyDave	00:15:59
Play 30	War with the Midianites—Death of Moses	Jael	00:09:50
Play 31	Note: His Work and Character	Jael	00:03:40
Play 32	The Passage of the Jordan, and Fall of Jericho	Gillian Hendrie	00:15:57
Play 33	Conquest of the Southern and Central Mountains	Gillian Hendrie	00:13:41
Play 34	Battle of Merom, and Division of the Land	Gillian Hendrie	00:22:34
Play 35	Events subsequent to the Death of Joshua	Jael	00:07:26
Play 36	Micah and the Danites—The Tribal War	Jael	00:11:47
Play 37	Othniel and Ehud, Deborah and Barak	Jael	00:13:48
Play 38	Invasion of the Midianites—Gideon	Jael	00:15:05
Play 39	Abimelech and Jephthah	Jael	00:10:26
Play 40	Invasion from the Southwest, Samson	Jael	00:13:05
Play 41	Eli and Samuel	Jael	00:10:24
Play 42	Samuel’s Judgeship	Lee Stapleton	00:18:40
Play 43	Election of the First King	Cliff Stone	00:12:22
Play 44	The Battle of Michmash	Cliff Stone	00:11:10
Play 45	Saul and the Amalekites—David and Goliath	Cliff Stone	00:15:14
Play 46	David’s Life as an Outlaw	todmanning	00:16:42
Play 47	David at Ziklag—Battle of Mount Gilboa	Lee Stapleton	00:26:39
Play 48	David’s Reign at Hebron	Owlivia	00:08:40
Play 49	David’s Reign at Jerusalem	Owlivia	00:10:33
Play 50	David’s Army, his Conquests, his Sin	Owlivia	00:11:10
Play 51	The Rebellion of Absalom	laurencetrask	00:17:53
Play 52	Close of David’s reign	laurencetrask	00:13:05
Play 53	David’s Work and Character	laurencetrask	00:06:53
Play 54	Accession of Solomon	laurencetrask	00:07:43
Play 55	The Building of the Temple	laurencetrask	00:10:14
Play 56	Solomon’s reign continued	laurencetrask	00:14:53
Play 57	The Revolt of the Ten Tribes	Cliff Stone	00:11:01
Play 58	Rehoboam and Abijah, Jeroboam and Nadab	Cliff Stone	00:07:21
Play 59	Asa and Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri	Cliff Stone	00:09:13
Play 60	Accession of Ahab—Era of Elijah	Mason Lewis	00:13:56
Play 61	Wars of Ahab and Benhadad	Mason Lewis	00:07:39
Play 62	Murder of Naboth—Battle of Ramoth Gilead	Cliff Stone	00:08:23
Play 63	Wars of Jehoshaphat. Translation of Elijah	Cliff Stone	00:10:02
Play 64	Jehoshaphat and Jehoram—Era of Elisha	Cliff Stone	00:16:42
Play 65	Elisha and Naaman—Siege of Samaria	Cliff Stone	00:12:44
Play 66	Accession of Jehu	Cliff Stone	00:12:37
Play 67	Athaliah and Joash; Death of Elisha	Cliff Stone	00:08:54
Play 68	Amaziah and Jeroboam II.; Era of Jonah	Cliff Stone	00:10:01
Play 69	Decline and Captivity of the Kingdom of Israel	Cliff Stone	00:08:41
Play 70	Reign of Hezekiah	Cliff Stone	00:12:56
Play 71	Reign of Manasseh—Reforms of Josiah	Cliff Stone	00:11:18
Play 72	Death of Josiah—Captivity of Judah	Cliff Stone	00:10:07
Play 73	Duration, Relation, Contrasts of the Two Kingdoms	KevinS	00:03:47
Play 74	Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar	Owlivia	00:11:28
Play 75	Reigns of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius	Cliff Stone	00:13:52
Play 76	Rebuilding of the Temple—Esther and Ahasuerus	Cliff Stone	00:13:52
Play 77	Times of Ezra and Nehemiah—Close of Canon	Larry Wilson	00:18:24

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