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Work your way through the following Study Guide. Click on the items that are unfamiliar to you. When you have completed the study guide, try the self tests.

PERIODS	WHERE DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE	PEOPLE	PLACES
Beginnings	Genesis 1-11	Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Noah	-----
Ancestral Period 2000-1700	Genesis	Abraham, Sarah, Lot Hagar, Ishmael Isaac, Rebekah Esau, Jacob Laban, Rachel, Leah Joseph	Haran, Euphrates River Canaan, Hebron Egypt
Sojourn in Egypt 1700-1275 BC	Exodus 1	-----	Egypt, Nile River
Exodus & Wilderness Wanderings 1275-1235 BC	Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy	Moses, Aaron, Miriam Levi, Caleb, Balaam	Egypt, Red Sea Mount Sinai, Edom, Moab
Occupation & Period of the Judges 1235-1050 BC	Joshua, Judges, Ruth	Joshua, Rahab Deborah Gideon, Jephthah Samson, Delilah Ruth	Canaan, Jordan River, Jericho, Philistia, Moab, Bethlehem
United Monarchy 1050-922 BC	1 Samuel, 2 Samuel 1 Kings 1-10 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles 1-9	Hannah, Samuel, Eli Saul, David, Goliath Bathsheba, Nathan Absalom, Solomon	Bethlehem, Hebron Jerusalem
Northern Kingdom of Israel 922-722 BC	1 Kings 11 - 22 2 Kings 1-17 Amos, Hosea Jonah	Jeroboam I, Ahab, Jezebel Elijah, Elisha Amos, Hosea	Israel Samaria (city), Assyria, Nineveh Samaria (region)
Southern Kingdom of Judah 922-587 BC	1 Kings 11 - 2 Kings 25 2 Chronicles 10-36 Isaiah 1-39, Micah Psalms & Writings Nahum, Zephaniah Jeremiah Habakkuk, Obadiah	Rehoboam Hezekiah, Isaiah Ahaz, Manasseh Josiah, Jeremiah Nebuchadnezzar	Judah Jerusalem, Syria, Assyria, Babylon, Babylonia
The Exile 587-539 BC	Lamentations Ezekiel, Isaiah 40-55	Ezekiel	Babylon, Babylonia
Persian Period 539-332 BC	Ezra, Nehemiah Haggai, Zechariah Joel, Malachi Esther, Daniel	Cyrus Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah Haggai, Zechariah Esther, Daniel	Persia, Jerusalem
Hellenistic Period 332-165 BC	-----	Alexander the Great	-----
Maccabean Period 165-63 BC	(1 & 2 Maccabees)	Judas Maccabeus	Jerusalem, Syria
Roman Period 63 BC onward Life of Jesus 5 BC - AD 30	Matthew, Mark Luke, John	Jesus, Mary, Joseph Herod the Great Elizabeth, Zechariah John the Baptist Simeon, Anna Peter, Andrew, James, John Matthew, Nathanael, Thomas Mary Magdalene, Nicodemus Mary of Bethany, Martha Bartimaeus, Zacchaeus Judas, Barabbas Annas, Caiaphas Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate	Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jordan River, Sea of Galilee Galilee, Capernaum Samaria (region) Decapolis, Jericho Jerusalem
Early Christian Mission AD 30 - 100	Acts, Pauline Letters General Epistles & Revelation	Stephen, Philip Peter, Cornelius Paul, Barnabas, Silas Timothy, Luke Priscilla, Aquila, Apollos	Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria (region) Damascus, Antioch, Asia Minor, Ephesus Philippi, Thessalonica, Corinth, Caesarea, Rome

1. Biblical categories provide an alternative way to study.

The main menu page lists several categories: Books, People, Dates, Places, and General Knowledge.
Each category begins with a list of contents. Work through the list giving special attention to the items that are unfamiliar. When you have completed the list, check your proficiency by a self-test in that category.

2. The Scripture passage drill.

The Scripture passage drill is designed to help you learn where to find many key Biblical texts. You will find it helpful to look these up and mark them in your own Bible. The passage drill can help you remember the book and chapter. Marking them in a Bible helps you remember their location by allowing you to form a mental picture of where the verse is on the page. For a list of all the Biblical passages that appear in the drill, click here.

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