Reading the bible as literature: the story of the flood (Genesis 6-9) -- Moses: the nature of the hero (Exodus 1-20; 32-34; Numbers 20; Deuteronomy 34) -- Jephtah: the moral dilemma (Judges 11) -- Samson: another slant on the hero (Judges 13-16) -- Saul: a tragic hero? (1 Samuel 8-31) -- David: a study in politics (1 Samuel 16-31; 2 Samuel 1-24; 1 Kings 1:1-2:12) -- Elijah and Ahab: another portrait of divinity (1 Kings 17-22; 2 Kings 1-2) -- Jonah: two problems with thinking (Jonah 1-4) -- Psalm 23: the maturing of faith -- Job: the problem of suffering (Job 1-42) -- Ruth: a study in interpersonal relationships (Ruth 1-4) -- Ecclesiastes: Disillusionment and out philosophical personality (Ecclesiasted 1-12) -- The good Samaritan: a question of ethics (Luke 10:25-37) -- The prodigal son: family jealousies and justice (Luke 15:11-32) -- Acts of the apostles: the archetypal birthing process (Acts 1-15) -- Revelation: "the sense of an ending" (Revelation 1-22).
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