The Bible as dialogue -- Creation and chaos in Genesis -- Abraham, Sarah, and the promise -- Jacob, Joseph, and reconciliation -- Moses and the drama of the Exodus -- Freedom and law at Mount Sinai -- Israel's wandering in the wilderness -- Violence and kindness in the promised land -- Saul, the tragic king -- David and nation building -- Solomon, a study in contradictions -- Psalms : the Bible's songbook.
Biblical wisdom literature -- Elijah, the troubler of Israel -- Justice and love in Amos and Hosea -- Isaiah on defiant hope -- Jeremiah on anguish and compassion -- Babylonian conquest and exile -- Ezekiel on abandonment and homecoming -- Jewish identity and rebuilding after exile -- Esther, Daniel, and life under empire -- Resistance, adaptation, and the Maccabees -- Jesus as Messiah in Mark -- Mark on the crucifixion and resurrection.
The dynamics of forgiveness in Matthew -- Luke on a world upside down -- John on the word made flesh -- Self-giving love according to John -- The early church in Acts -- Paul's calling -- Paul and the Roman Empire -- Paul's letters to a community in conflict -- Freedom and the law in Paul's letters -- Paul on gender roles and slavery -- Letters for sojourners -- Revelation's vision of new creation.
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