Bible Stories The Illustrated Guide: From the Creation to the Resurrection

CONTENTS
1 THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
	From Tablets of Stone
	The Hebrew Scriptures
	The Christian Scriptures
	The Gospel Writers
	Dead Sea Scrolls Rediscovered
	The Bible in the World
2 THE OLD TESTAMENT
	Map of Old Testament Lands
	BEGINNINGS
		Creation
		The Garden of Eden
		Tempted by the Serpent
		THE FALL
		Cain and Abel
		The Great Flood
		The Tower of Babel
	THE PATRIARCHS
		God Calls Abram
		God Makes a Covenant
		GODS AND GODDESSES
		Abraham, Hagar, and Ishmael
		Sodom and Gomorrah
		Abraham and Isaac
		ABRAHAM
		A Wife for Isaac
		MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE
		Esau and Jacob
		A Father’s Blessing
		JACOB’S LADDER
		Jacob is Cheated
		A Nation Begins
		Jacob Wrestles with God
		HEBRON
		Joseph and his Brothers
		Pharaoh’s Dreams
		EGYPT
		Brothers Reconciled
	THE EXODUS
		Hebrews Enslaved in Egypt
		MOSES
		The Baby in the Bulrushes
		GOD CALLS MOSES
		The Ten Plagues
		THE PASSOVER
		Escape from Egypt
		In the Desert
		THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
		God’s Laws for Israel
		Priests and Sacrifices
		The Tabernacle and the Ark
		Wanderings in the Wilderness
	INTO THE PROMISED LAND
		THE LAND OF CANAAN
		CROSSING THE JORDAN
		The Capture of Jericho
		Taking the Promised Land
		WILDLIFE
		JOSHUA
		The Judges
		Gideon the Leader
		Samson’s Story
		Ruth and Naomi
		VILLAGES, TOWNS, AND CITIES
	THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
		SAMUEL
		The Ark, Lost and Regained
		Saul, Israel’s First King
		Saul Forsakes God
		God Calls David
		DAVID
		David and Goliath
		Saul and Jonathan
		David the Outlaw
		David Becomes King
		JERUSALEM
		THE ARK IS BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM
		David’s Failings
		Solomon Becomes King
		The Wisdom of Solomon
		Solomon’s Temple
		The Queen of Sheba
		TRADE AND COMMERCE
		SOLOMON
	WISDOM AND PRAISE
		Worship in Israel
		The Psalms
		WRITING AND LANGUAGE
		The Story of Job
		Wisdom For Life
	THE DIVIDED KINGDOM
		Israel and Judah Split
		Elijah and the Drought
		Elijah and Baal’s Prophets
		ELIJAH
		Elijah and Elisha
		Naboth’s Vineyard
		Elijah and the Chariot of Fire
		SAMARIA
		Elisha’s Miracles
		JONAH AND THE GREAT FISH
		THE NATIONS OF MESOPOTAMIA
		Threat from the East
		WARFARE
		THE DEFEAT OF ISRAEL
		The Twelve Minor Prophets
	FALL, EXILE, AND RETURN
		Good Kings, Bad Kings
		King Hezekiah
		ISAIAH
		King Josiah
		The Prophet Jeremiah
		THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
		Exile to Babylon
		The Prophet Ezekiel
		Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar
		THE BABYLONIANS
		Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
		DANIEL IN THE LIONS’ DEN
		DANIEL
		The End of the Exile
		WHAT PEOPLE WORE
		Esther Saves the Jews
		Ezra
		Rebuilding Jerusalem
	BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
		THE IMPACT OF GREECE
		THE MACCABEAN REVOLT
		ROME AND ITS EMPIRE
		AFTER THE HEBREW BIBLE
3 THE NEW TESTAMENT
	Map of New Testament Lands
	COMING OF THE MESSIAH
		A Son for Zechariah
		THE ANNUNCIATION
		The Birth of John the Baptist
		MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS
		THE BIRTH OF JESUS
		The Visit of the Magi
		Jesus Presented in the Temple
		Escape to Egypt
		In My Father’s House
	THE KINGDOM OF GOD
		JOHN THE BAPTIST
		THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
		Temptation in the Wilderness
		FOOD AND DRINK
		The Wedding Feast at Cana
		Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
		GALILEE
		Jesus Calls his First Disciples
		Miracles at Capernaum
		Sermon on the Mount
		JEWISH RITUALS
		Challenges to the Sabbath
		THE TWELVE APOSTLES
		The Widow’s Son
		You are My Brothers and Sisters
		A Woman Anoints Jesus’ Feet
		The Sower and the Seed
		FARMING AND FISHING
		Jesus Calms the Storm
		Demons and the Herd of Pigs
		Jairus’ Daughter
		A Prophet Without Honour
		JESUS SENDS OUT HIS FOLLOWERS
		Death of John the Baptist
		Feeding the 5,000
		Jesus Walks on Water
		Jesus in Tyre and Sidon
		Who Do You Say I Am?
		The Transfiguration
		Healing a Boy of an Evil Spirit
		The Good Samaritan
		Jesus in Jerusalem
		HEROD’S JERUSALEM
		The Great Banquet
		PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES
		The Prodigal Son
		Lazarus Raised from the Dead
		Workers in the Vineyard
		A Blind Man and a Tax Collector
		Parable of the Coins
	THE CROSS AND THE TOMB 378
		A King Astride a Donkey
		HEROD’S TEMPLE
		Driving out the Temple Traders
		The Anointing at Bethany
		THE LAST SUPPER
		Betrayal in the Garden of Gethsemane
		Interrogation and Trial
		Peter’s Denial
		Jesus Before Pilate
		The Crucifixion
		DARKNESS AT NOON
		Placed in the Tomb
		The Empty Tomb
		DEATH, BURIAL, AND THE AFTERLIFE
		The Road to Emmaus
		JESUS APPEARS TO THOMAS
		The Ascension
	THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH
		THE COMING OF THE SPIRIT
		A Lame Beggar Healed
		PETER
		The Word Spreads
		STEPHEN MARTYRED
		Philip and the Ethiopian
		Saul on the Road to Damascus
		Peter and Cornelius
		Peter Freed by the Angel
		Mission to Cyprus
		Paul and Barnabas in Galatia
		The Council of Jerusalem
		JAMES THE JUST
		Paul in Macedonia
		Paul in Corinth
		Paul in Ephesus
		PAUL
		PERSECUTION AND MARTYRDOM
		Paul Arrested in Jerusalem
		ROME
		Paul at Sea
		Paul Under Arrest in Rome
		John Fights False Teachers
		Sunday Morning on Patmos
		New Heaven, New Earth
		JEWISH REVOLT
REFERENCE
	People in the Bible
	Places in the Bible
	Bible Lists and Tables
	Glossary
	Index
	Acknowledgments