Introduction. -- The creation and the flood. -- Four great personalities -- Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph. -- Moses and the ten commandments. -- Famous fighters in Canaan. -- Ruth, Eli, Samuel, Jonathan and King Saul. -- King David. -- Solomon in all his glory -- the romantic figure of Elijah. -- The prophet Elisha. -- Downfall of Israel and Judah -- the patriotic stories of Daniel and Esther. -- The Apocrypha. -- Wisdom and philosophy -- Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. -- Human nature revealed in poetry -- Job, Song of songs, Psalms, Isaiah.