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• Cover
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • How to Use This Book
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: What the Bible Is All About
  • Chapter 1: From Moses to Modernity: Introducing the Good Book
    • Tracing the Bible from Old Scrolls to the Bestseller of All Time
    • Fathoming the Importance of the Bible
    • Finding a Translation You Like
  • Chapter 2: Lights, Camera, Action! Previewing the Bible’s Stage and Storyline
    • Getting a Glimpse of the Biblical Stage
    • Seeing a Preview of the Biblical Drama
• Part 2: Exploring the Hebrew Bible — The Old Testament
  • Chapter 3: Creation, Paradise Lost, and Other Mysteries of Life (Genesis 1–3)
    • Beginning “In the Beginning”
    • What Are We Doing Here? Creation and the Meaning of Life (Genesis 1:1–2:3)
    • Living in Paradise (Genesis 2:4–25)
    • He Made Me Do It! The “Fall” and Its Fallout (Genesis 3)
  • Chapter 4: The Fallout from “The Fall” (Genesis 4–11)
    • The First Sibling Rivalry: Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)
    • Tracing Your Family Tree: The First (of Many) Biblical Genealogies (Genesis 5)
    • Deluge-ional Ideas: Noah and the Flood (Genesis 6–9)
    • Say What?! The Tower of Babel and the Birth of Nations (Genesis 10–11)
  • Chapter 5: The Babylonian Hillbillies: The Adventures of Abraham and His Family (Genesis 12–25:18)
    • Striking It Rich: God Calls Abraham
    • Abraham’s Most Excellent Adventure to Canaan and Egypt (Genesis 12)
    • Abraham and Lot (Genesis 13–14)
    • Cutting a Deal: The Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 15–17)
    • Abraham’s Three Mysterious Visitors (Genesis 18)
    • Fire and Brimstone: The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19)
    • Abraham: Father of Many Nations … and Faiths (Genesis 21)
    • Asking the Unthinkable: The Near Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)
    • One Wedding and Two Funerals (Genesis 23–25:18)
  • Chapter 6: The Birth of a Nation: Isaac, Jacob, and Their Many Children (Genesis 25:19–50)
    • The Birth of Nations: Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:19–26)
    • Stew of Trouble: Esau Sells His Birthright (Genesis 25:27–34)
    • Isaac and Rebekah’s “Wife-Sister Act” (Genesis 26)
    • Jacob Steals Esau’s Blessing (Genesis 27–28:9)
    • Heading Out of Dodge: Jacob Flees for His Life (Genesis 28:10–22)
    • Love at First Sight: Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 29:1–30)
    • Sibling Rivalry: The Birth of Jacob’s Children (Genesis 29:31–30:24)
    • Jacob Strikes It Rich and Steals Away (Genesis 30:25–31:55)
    • Settling an Old Score: Jacob Meets Esau … and God (Genesis 32–33:17)
    • Jacob Finds God and Loses His Father and Wife (Genesis 33:18–20; 35)
    • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Tunic (Genesis 37)
    • A Righteous Ruse: Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38)
    • Rising to the Top: Joseph in Egypt (Genesis 39–41)
    • Spies Like Us: Joseph’s Brothers Come to Egypt (Genesis 42–45)
    • Once and Again: Jacob and Joseph Reunite (Genesis 46–49)
    • So Long, Farewell: Jacob and Joseph Die (Genesis 50)
  • Chapter 7: Holy Moses! Exploring Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
    • A Mosaic of Moses’ Early Life
    • We’re Outta Here! The Exodus from Egypt
    • Laws for Holy Living: The Book of Leviticus
    • 40-Year Nomads: The Book of Numbers
    • Moses’ Farewell Address: The Book of Deuteronomy
  • Chapter 8: An Experiment in Theocracy: Joshua, Judges, and Ruth
    • Exploring the Book of Joshua
    • Understanding the Book of Judges
    • Gleaning Wisdom from the Book of Ruth
  • Chapter 9: The King and “I Am”: 1 and 2 Samuel
    • Introducing Israel’s Last Judge: Samuel
    • Beraters of the Lost Ark
    • Saul, Israel’s First King
    • Charting David’s Rise to Power
    • How the Mighty Have Fallen: The Deaths of Samuel, Saul, and Jonathan
    • Building a Dynasty
    • David’s Fall from Power
  • Chapter 10: A Tale of Two Kingdoms: 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles
    • The “Golden Age” of Solomon
    • Witnessing the Division of Israel
    • Israel’s Kingdom from Jeroboam to Ahab
    • Israel’s Kingdom From Ahaziah to Jehu
    • Experiencing Israel’s Destruction
    • Too Little, Too Late: Judah’s Reforms
    • The End of an Era: The Fall of Jerusalem
    • Ancient Spin Doctors: Chronicles
  • Chapter 11: Strangers in a Strange Land: Israel in Exile with Daniel and Esther
    • Relocation, Relocation, Relocation
    • The Book of Daniel
    • The Book of Esther
  • Chapter 12: Home for the Holidays: Returning to the Promised Land with Ezra and Nehemiah
    • Cyrus the Great’s Great Idea
    • The Second Temple: A Sight for Sore Eyes
    • Ezra the Priest: Can We Fix It? We’ll Get Back to You on That
    • Nehemiah the Builder: Can We Fix It? Yes, We Can!
  • Chapter 13: More Than Mere Fortune-tellers: The Prophets
    • Being a Biblical Prophet
    • Introducing the Major Prophets
    • Meeting the Twelve Minor Prophets
  • Chapter 14: Israel’s Wisdom Literature and Love Poetry: Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs
    • Words to Live By: The Book of Proverbs
    • Loving God for Naught? The Book of Job
    • Life Stinks and Then You Die: The Book of Ecclesiastes
    • Biblical Pickup Lines: The Song of Songs
  • Chapter 15: Rockin’ the Temple: Music in Ancient Israel (Psalms)
    • I Write the Psalms: Feeling Bible Music
    • Musical Instruments in Ancient Israel
    • How’d That Tune Go Again?
    • Israel’s Top Tunes: Psalms’ Greatest Hits
• Part 3: Revealing the Bible’s Hidden Treasures in the Apocrypha
  • Chapter 16: Rebels with a Cause: The Books of 1 and 2 Maccabees
    • Filling the Gaps: Jewish History between the Testaments (586–4 B.C.E.)
    • Understanding the Hasmoneans and the Books of Maccabees
  • Chapter 17: The Apocrypha’s Other “Hidden Treasures”
    • Play It Again Ezra: 1 and 2 Esdras
    • The Tobit and the Lord of the Rings: The Book of Tobit
    • Don’t Be Afraid: The Book of Judith
    • Giving God Credit: Additions to Esther
    • Wisdom, What a Woman! The Wisdom of Solomon
    • Que Sira Sira: The Wisdom of Ben Sira
    • If It’s Not Baruch, Don’t Fix It: The Book of Baruch
    • Cheer Up, Exiles! The Letter of Jeremiah
    • The Rest of the Story: Additions to Daniel
    • Okay, I Was Wrong: The Prayer of Manasseh
• Part 4: Discovering What’s New About the New Testament
  • Chapter 18: From Bir th to Baptism: Jesus Prepares for the Ministr y (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
    • Examining Our Sources for Jesus’ Life
    • In the Beginning: Contemplating Jesus’ Very Early Life (  John 1)
    • Reliving the Christmas Story
    • Growing Up with Jesus
    • Witnessing Jesus’ Baptism
    • Experiencing Jesus’ Temptation
  • Chapter 19: Jesus Christ, Superstar: Jesus’ “Ministry Years” (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
    • Charting Jesus’ Ministry
    • The Period of Inauguration
    • The Period of Popularity
    • The Period of Opposition
    • Jesus’ Final Week and Crucifixion
    • Jesus’ Resurrection
    • The Great Commission and Ascension
  • Chapter 20: The Early Christian Church (Acts 1–8, 10–12, and 15)
    • “Mission Impossible”: Jesus’ Strategy to Change the World
    • Witnessing in Jerusalem
    • Witnessing in Judea and Samaria
    • Witnessing in the Uttermost Parts of the World
  • Chapter 21: The Traveling Salesman of Tarsus: Paul’s Life and Letters
    • From Persecutor to Persecuted: Paul’s Transformation
    • I Get Around: Paul’s Missionary Journeys
    • Say It in a Letter: Paul’s Letters
  • Chapter 22: Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman: The New Testament’s General Letters
    • The Bible “Hall of Faith”: Hebrews
    • Working Out Your Faith: James
    • No Pain, No Gain: 1 and 2 Peter
    • Dear John Letters: 1, 2, and 3 John
    • Hey, Jude: The Letter of Jude
  • Chapter 23: The Beginning of the End: The Revelation of John
    • Seeing the Future (Revelation 1–3)
    • Unraveling the Future: Jesus Opens the Seven Seals (Revelation 4–11)
    • A Pregnant Woman, a Dragon, and Two Beasts (Revelation 12–13)
    • Armageddon and Judgment Day (Revelation 14–20)
    • Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Paradise Regained (Revelation 21–22)
• Part 5: That Was Then, This Is Now: Discovering the Bible’s Enduring Influence
  • Chapter 24: The Bible and the Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
    • Abraham: Father of Many Nations and Faiths
    • Jerusalem: City of Peace — And of Conflict
  • Chapter 25: Michelangelo, Milton, and Movies: Art, Literature, Life, and the Bible
    • The Bible in Art
    • The Bible in Literature
    • Totally Epic!: Good and Bad Bible Movies
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 26: Ten+ People You Should Know from the Bible
    • Adam and Eve
    • Noah
    • Abraham
    • Moses
    • David
    • Elijah
    • Isaiah
    • Judah Maccabee
    • Mary
    • Jesus
    • Peter
    • Paul
  • Chapter 27: Ten Holidays You Can Take Thanks to the Bible
    • Weekends
    • Passover
    • Shavuot (“Weeks,” “First Fruits,” or “Pentecost”)
    • Sukkot (“Booths” or “Tabernacles”)
    • Yom Kippur (“Day of Atonement”)
    • Rosh Hashanah (“New Year” or “Trumpets”)
    • Purim
    • Hanukkah (“Dedication” or “Lights”)
    • Christmas
    • Easter
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