1. Introduction to the Historical Context of the Bible

This is the first of a series of approximately 40 lectures covering the ancient historical setting of the Bible. This presentation is intended to introduce the topic, using a text of Isaiah 20 as illustrative of the questions involved. The instructor is Bruce W. Gore M.A., J.D., adjunct professor of biblical studies at Whitworth University, Spokane. The lecture was presented to a group of adult students at First Presbyterian Church, Spokane, and the bias of the teacher is generally sympathetic to the biblical text, while allowing at the same time for problem areas in the effort to correlate biblical data with what is otherwise generally accepted from known ancient historical sources.