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Bible for Dummies
Table of Contents
Review
Introduction
Part I: What the Bible Is All About
Ch 1: From Moses to Modernity: Introducing the Good Book
Ch 2: Lights, Camera, Action! Previewing the Bible's Stage and
Storyline
Part II: Exploring the Hebrew Bible-The Old Testament
Ch 3: Creation, Paradise Lost, Other Mysteries of Life (Genesis
1-3)
Ch 4: The Fallout from "The Fall" (Genesis 4-11)
Ch 5: The Babylonian Hillbillies: The Adventures of Abraham and
His Family (Genesis 12-25:18)
Ch 6: The Birth of a Nation: Isaac, Jacob, and Their Many
Children (Genesis 25:19-50)
Ch 7: Holy Moses! Exploring Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy
Ch 8: An Experiment in Theocracy: Joshua, Judges, and Ruth
Ch 9: The King and "I Am": 1 and 2 Samuel
Ch 10: A Tale of Two Kingdoms: 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2
Chronicles
Ch 11: Strangers in a Strange Land: Israel in Exile with Daniel
and Esther
Ch 12: Home for the Holidays: Returning to the Promised Land
with Ezra and Nehemiah
Ch 13: More Than Mere Fortune-tellers: The Prophets
Ch 14: Israel's Wisdom Literature and Love Poetry: Proverbs,
Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs
Ch 15: Rockin' the Temple: Music in Ancient Israel (Psalms)
Part III: Revealing the Bible's Hidden Treasures in the
Apocrypha
Ch 16: Rebels with a Cause: The Books of 1 and 2 Maccabees
Ch 17: The Apocrypha's Other "Hidden Treasures"
Part IV: Discovering What's New About the New Testament
Ch 18: From Birth to Baptism: Jesus Prepares for the Ministry
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
Ch 19: Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus' "Ministry Years"
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, andJohn)
Ch 20: The Early Christian Church (Acts 1-8,10-12, and 15)
Ch 21: The Traveling Salesman of Tarsus: Paul's Life and
Letters
Ch 22: Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman: The New Testament's General
Letters
Ch 23: The Beginning of the End: The Revelation of John
Part V: That Was Then, This Is Now: Discovering the Bible's
Enduring Influence
Ch 24: The Bible and the Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam
Ch 25: Michelangelo, Milton, and Movies: Art, Literature, Life,
and the Bible
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Ch 26: Ten+ People You Should Know from the Bible
Ch 27: Ten Holidays You Can Take Thanks to the Bible
Index.
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