Emphasizing the great importance of context when studying the Bible, G. Campbell Morgan gives us a look at the first seventeen books of the Old Testament. Morgan provides a telescopic overview of Genesis through Esther, explaining how each of these books interact with each other, the Old Testament, and the Bible as a whole.
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“It is of the utmost importance in the study of any book in the Divine Library to gain primarily a broad and general idea of the scope and main structure thereof. Until this is done the other methods are not safe, and very much false exposition of individual texts, and of separate sections, is due to the fact that their setting in the whole scheme is not understood. In other words texts should never be studied save in relation to their context.” (Pages 1–2)
“Spiritual evil took material form to reach spiritual man through the material side of his being. The deepest note in the attack was that of its attempt to reflect on God. The deepest note in the fall was that of failure of faith. Faith being lost, fear immediately succeeded.” (Page 16)
“Yet the purpose of the whole library is that of so revealing the will of God to man as to lead him into personal conformity thereto.” (Page 4)
“the whole Bible can be read through with ease at the ordinary pulpit rate of public reading in sixty hours.” (Page 4)
“From the original man two lines proceeded, one through Cain, the other through Seth. These developed around two opposing ideals, the one that of self-consideration and self-advancement, the other that of fear of God, and obedience of Him.” (Page 17)