JULIUS H. GREENSTONE, Chairman, _Committee on Education of the United Synagogue of America_.
VI. The Choice of Abram and the Choice of Canaan 49
X. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 67
XIII. The Death of Sarah and the Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah 78
XXII. Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers 117
XXIII. The Death of Jacob and of Joseph 120
II. Moses, the Friend of the Weak and the Oppressed 133
III. God Sends Moses to Save His People 135
IV. Moses' First Appearance before Pharaoh 140
XII. Trials of Moses and Israel in the Wilderness 190
XV. Israel Arrives at the Border of the Promised Land 209
=Purpose of Manual.= In recent years some attention has been given to the improvement of Jewish educational method so far as instruction in the Hebrew language is concerned, but the teaching of Biblical history, although it holds an important place in the curricula of our religious schools, has received relatively little attention from our educators, at least from those of orthodox and conservative tendencies. From the reform point of view some recent publications, though exhibiting the faults which all early efforts in any direction necessarily show, do mark a decided pedagogic advance on the older unmethodical way in which the subject was taught. But from the point of view of traditional Judaism they are inadequate, however helpful some of their pedagogic suggestions may be, since they are guided by a different ideal. This manual attempts to assist the teacher of Biblical history from the point of view of Traditional Judaism. For whoever considers from this point of view the way in which Biblical history is taught must come to the conclusion that not only are we not realizing to the full the educational values which the study of Biblical history affords, but we are often giving our children very false notions of the Bible characters and of the lessons which the story of their lives is intended to teach Israel. To develop a good course of study in Biblical history cannot be the work of one man nor can it be done at one time. It is hoped however that the suggestions contained in this book may assist the earnest teacher to make his instruction more fruitful of good results for Judaism.