- The biblical stories in Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings and the Prophets
- the United Kingdom of Israel under King Saul, King David and King Solomon
- the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel and their kings
- the Philistines, the Assyrians and the Babylonians
- the Assyrian exile and the Ten Lost Tribes
- the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile
- the biblical Prophets in their historical context
