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The Making of a Nation

by Charles Foster Kent

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  1. Introduction: The Rediscovery of the Bible; The Object of these Studies; The Plan of Work; Books of Reference

    14:24

  2. Study I: MAN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD Pt. 1: 1. The Different Theories of Creation; 2. The Priestly Story of Creation; 3. The Early Prophetic Story of Creation

    10:19

  3. Study I: MAN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD Pt. 2: 4. A Comparison of the Two Accounts of Creation; 5. Man's Conquest and Rulership of the World; 6. Man's Responsibility as Ruler of the World

    6:08

  4. Study II: MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTS Pt. 1: 1. The Nature of Sin; 2. The Origin of Sin According to the Story in Genesis 3; 3. The Different Theories Regarding the Origin of Sin

    7:40

  5. Study II: MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTS Pt. 2: 4. The Effects of Sin upon the Wrong-Doer; 5. God's Attitude Toward the Sinner; 6. The Effect of Sin upon Society

    6:36

  6. Study III: THE CRIMINAL AND HIS RELATION TO SOCIETY Pt. 1: 1. The Meaning of the Story of Cain; 2. The Making of a Criminal; 3. The Criminal's Attitude toward Society

    9:09

  7. Study III: THE CRIMINAL AND HIS RELATION TO SOCIETY Pt. 2: 4. The Ways in which Society Deals with the Criminal; 5. How to Deal with Criminals; 6. The Prevention of Crime

    8:37

  8. Study IV: THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Pt. 1: 1. The Two Biblical Accounts of the Flood; 2. The Corresponding Babylonian Flood Stories; 3. History of the Biblical Flood Stories

    16:16

  9. Study IV: THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Pt. 2: 4. Aim of the Biblical Writers in Recounting the Flood Stories; 5. The Survival of the "Fittest" in the Natural World; 6. In Social and Political Life

    17:15

  10. Study V: THE PIONEER'S INFLUENCE ON A NATION'S IDEALS pt. 1: 1. The Prophetic Stories about Abraham 2. The Meaning of the Early Prophetic Stories about Abraham 3. The Prophetic Portrait of Abraham

    13:30

  11. Study V: THE PIONEER'S INFLUENCE ON A NATION'S IDEALS pt. 2: 4. The Tendency to Idealize National Heroes 5. The Reasons for Migration 6. The Permanent Value and Influence of the Abrahamic Narratives

    10:18

  12. Study VI: THE POWER OF AMBITION Pt. 1: 1. The Two Brothers, Jacob and Esau; 2. The Man with a Wrong Ambition; 3. Jacob's Training in the School of Experience

    9:24

  13. Study VI: THE POWER OF AMBITION Pt. 2: The Invincible Power of Ambition and Perseverance; 5. The Different Types of Ambition; 6. The Development of Right Ambition

    12:47

  14. Study VII: A SUCCESSFUL MAN OF AFFAIRS Pt. 1: 1. The Qualities Essential to Success; 2. The Limitations and Temptations of Joseph's Early Life; 3. The Call of a Great Opportunity

    11:52

  15. Study VII: A SUCCESSFUL MAN OF AFFAIRS Pt. 2: 4. The Temptations of Success; 5. The Standards of Real Success; 6. The Methods of Success

    10:29

  16. Study VIII: THE TRAINING OF A STATESMAN Pt. 1: 1. The Egyptian Background; 2. The Making of a Loyal Patriot; 3. The School of the Wilderness

    16:35

  17. Study VIII: THE TRAINING OF A STATESMAN Pt. 2: 4. Moses' Call to Public Service; 5. The Education of Public Opinion; 6. The Training of Modern Statesmen

    19:21

  18. Study IX: THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF LAW Pt. 1: 1. The Needs that Give Rise to Law; 2. The Growth of Customary Law; 3. The Authority Underlying all Law

    12:22

  19. Study IX: THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF LAW Pt. 2: 4. Moses' Relations to the Old Testament Laws; 5. The Development of Modern Law; 6. The Attitude of Citizens Toward the Law

    11:21

  20. Study X: THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP Pt. 1: 1. The History of the Prophetic Decalogue; 2. Obligations of the Individual to God; 3. The Social and Ethical Basis of the Sabbath Law

    16:57

  21. Study X: THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP Pt. 2: 4. The Importance of Children's Loyalty to Parents; 5. Primary Obligations of Man to Man; 6. The Present-Day Authority of the Ten Commandments

    10:05

  22. Study XI: THE EARLY TRAINING OF A RACE Pt. 1: 1. The Wilderness Environment; 2. Influence of the Nomadic Life upon Israel's Character and Ideals; 3. The Influence of the Wilderness Life upon Israel's Faith

    12:30

  23. Study XI: THE EARLY TRAINING OF A RACE Pt. 2: 4. The Significance of the East-Jordan Conquest; 5. The Significance of Moses' Work; 6. The Early Stages in the Training of the Human Race

    13:01

  24. Study XII: A NATION'S STRUGGLE FOR A HOME AND FREEDOM Pt. 1: The Crossing of the Jordan; 2. The Canaanite Civilization; 3. The Capture of the Outposts of Palestine

    16:01

  25. Study XII: A NATION'S STRUGGLE FOR HOME AND FREEDOM Pt. 2: 4. Ways by which the Hebrews Won their Homes; 5. Deborah's Rally of the Hebrews; 6. The Final Stage in the Making of the Hebrew Nation

    13:02

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The Making of a Nation is a work by Charles Foster Kent, the American biblical scholar who lived from 1867 to 1925 and who taught Hebrew and biblical literature at Yale University from 1901 until his death. Kent was one of the leading American biblical scholars of his generation and produced substantial work on the Hebrew Bible and the history of ancient Israel for both academic and educated general audiences.

Kent worked in the historical critical tradition of biblical scholarship that had developed across the nineteenth century, primarily in German universities, and that was substantially established in American academic biblical studies during the years when Kent was teaching at Yale. The tradition treated the Hebrew Bible as a substantial historical document that recorded the development of ancient Israelite religion across many centuries, rather than as a single unified divinely revealed text in the manner that the earlier orthodox Protestant tradition had treated it. The historical critical approach allowed substantial reconstruction of the actual historical development of ancient Israel from the various biblical and extra biblical sources.

The Making of a Nation likely uses the biblical historical material to trace the development of ancient Israel as a distinct national community across the major phases of its history. The relevant material would include the patriarchal narratives, the Exodus and conquest traditions, the tribal confederation period documented in Judges, the early monarchy under Saul, David, and Solomon, the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the prophetic literature that responded to the various political and religious crises of the divided monarchy period, and the eventual destruction of the northern kingdom by Assyria and of the southern kingdom by Babylon.

Kent's approach was substantially shaped by the educational purposes of his work. He produced substantial textbook material for American college and seminary teaching of biblical subjects and was particularly involved in adapting the substantial findings of German academic biblical scholarship for the practical needs of American religious education. The Making of a Nation likely belongs to this educational strand of his work and presents the historical material in accessible form for substantial student and educated general audiences.

The book is of interest now to historians of early twentieth century American biblical scholarship and of the broader American religious education tradition. It pairs naturally with Kent's other biblical historical works and with the substantial American biblical critical literature of the period.

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Charles Foster Kent

Charles Foster Kent taught biblical literature at Yale and wrote on the history and literature of ancient Israel. The Making of a Nation presents a sequence of studies on Israel’s beginnings and the Old Testament narratives through which that history was interpreted.

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First published
2007
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
113
Language
English
Genre
History
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Audio read by
Celena Arter, TriciaG, Steven Rushing and others