Table of Contents and Sample Chapters from The Bible and Its Influence

Table of Contents:
The Bible and Its Influence

• Section One: The Hebrew Scriptures

  Unit One: Introductions

  • Chapter 1 Why Study the Bible?
  • Chapter 2 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
  • Unit Feature: Biblical Allusions

  Unit Two: Genesis—Origins

  • Chapter 3 In the Beginning
  • Chapter 4 From the Garden to the Tower
  • Unit Feature: Milton and the Bible

  Unit Three: Genesis—Call and Promise

  • Chapter 5 Abraham and Sarah
  • Chapter 6 Ancestors
  • Unit Feature: Literary Views of Abraham and Isaac

  Unit Four: Exodus and the Land of Promise

  • Chapter 7 Out of Slavery
  • Chapter 8 The Wilderness and the Law
  • Chapter 9 The Promised Land
  • Unit Feature: Exodus and Emancipation

  Unit Five: Kingdom and Exile

  • Chapter 10 David the King
  • Chapter 11 The Kingdom Falls
  • Unit Feature: Exile and Return

  Unit Six: The Prophets

  • Chapter 12 Warning and Comfort
  • Chapter 13 Called to Account
  • Unit Feature: Thirst for Justice

  Unit Seven: Writings and Wisdom

  • Chapter 14 Songs and Poetry
  • Chapter 15 Bits of Wisdom
  • Chapter 16 More Wisdom
  • Chapter 17 The Problem of Suffering
  • Chapter 18 Women of Valor
  • Chapter 19 Visions of the Future
  • Chapter 20 Renewed Commitment
  • Unit Feature: The Bible and Shakespeare
     
• Section Two: The New Testament

  Unit Eight: Another Covenant

  • Chapter 21 Living Tradition
  • Chapter 22 Other Jewish Texts in the Christian Bible
  • Chapter 23 New Testament
  • Unit Feature: A Summary of Literary Genres in the Bible

  Unit Nine: The Four Gospels

  • Chapter 24 Mark
  • Chapter 25 Matthew
  • Chapter 26 Luke
  • Chapter 27 John
  • Unit Feature: Parables of Mercy

  Unit Ten: The Early Christian Community

  • Chapter 28 The Birth of the Church
  • Chapter 29 The Church Grows
  • Chapter 30 The Journeys of Paul
  • Unit Feature: A Death with Meaning

  Unit Eleven: The Letters of Paul

  • Chapter 31 Grace and Faith
  • Chapter 32 The Power of Love
  • Chapter 33 The Christian Community
  • Chapter 34 Social Order
  • Unit Feature: Augustine

  Unit Twelve: Other Letters

  • Chapter 35 The Fulfillment
  • Chapter 36 General Letters
  • Unit Feature: The Legacy of the Reformation

  Unit Thirteen: Revelation

  • Chapter 37 Crisis and Persecution
  • Chapter 38 A Great Battle
  • Chapter 39 A New Jerusalem
  • Unit Feature: Dante’s Purgatorio

  Unit Fourteen: Epilogue

  • Chapter 40 The Bible and Literacy
  • Unit Feature: Freedom and Faith in America
     
• Glossary
• Credits
• Index

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The Bible and Its Influence

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