The argument could be made that one’s first steps in serious Bible study should be a book-by-book survey of the Bible. That was the path that was laid out for me as a Freshman in the curriculum of Cincinnati Bible Seminary (now Cincinnati Christian University). Certainly there is a place for such surveys. I have felt over the years, however, that even that study should be preceded by one that charts the flow of biblical history. The books of the Bible are not arranged in chronological order.