Volume 11 — Introductory material

Date and Manner of Composing the Old Testament—Other Books not now in Existence, and Disagreements about the Canon—Composite Character of certain Books—Various Versions—Why was God's message given to the Jews alone?—The Story of the Creation, of the Flood, of the Tower, and of Lot's wife—Moses and Aaron and the Plagues of Egypt—Laws of Slavery—Instructions by Jehovah Calculated to excite Astonishment and Mirth—Sacrifices and the Scapegoat—Passages showing that the Laws of Moses were made after the Jews had left the Desert—Jehovah's dealings with his People—The Sabbath Law—Prodigies—Joshua's Miracle—Damned Ignorance and Infamy—Jephthah's Sacrifice—Incredible Stories—The Woman of Endor and the Temptation of David—Elijah and Elisha—Loss of the Pentateuch from Moses to Josiah—The Jews before and after being Abandoned by Jehovah—Wealth of Solomon and other Marvels.