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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| The Torah in Bible and Tradition | |
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| Introduction: Torah in a Covenant Context | |
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| The Torah in Judaism and Christianity | |
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| What Is the Torah? | |
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| "God Made Flesh" - Jewish Views of the Torah | |
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| A Lack of Intimacy - Christian Understandings of the Torah | |
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| The Bible and the Torah | |
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| A Treasure above All Peoples (Exodus 19:3-6) | |
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| God's Own People (1 Peter 2:9-10) | |
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| A Conversation between Texts | |
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| A Way into Torah: The "Stranger in Your Gates" | |
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| The Identity of the Stranger | |
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| To Know the Heart of the Stranger (Exodus 23:9) | |
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| Conclusion: Torah in a Covenant Context | |
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| The World of the Torah | |
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| Introduction: The People of the Tale | |
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| The World of the Tale | |
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| Family, Field, and Town | |
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| Piety, Practices, and Prescriptions | |
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| Worship of the One | |
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| Places of Worship | |
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| Sacrifice | |
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| Prayer | |
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| Holy Days and Festivals | |
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| Worlds Apart | |
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| The Tale in Historical Context | |
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| The Writers of the Tale | |
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| The Truth of the Tale | |
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| The Boundaries of Truth | |
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| A Conversation between the Testaments | |
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| A Tale of One City (Genesis 11:1-9) | |
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| "Its Name Is Called Babel" | |
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| For the Benefit of the Earth | |
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| Conclusion: The Tale and Its World | |
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| The Story of the Torah: The Making of a World (Genesis 1:1-11:32) | |
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| Introduction: A Prelude to a Theme | |
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| Motifs of the Theme | |
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| The Making of the World | |
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| The Marring of the World | |
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| World's Mending | |
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| Instructions | |
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| A Penchant for What Is Weak | |
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| Approaches to God | |
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| Sacrifice | |
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| Prayer | |
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| Sabbath | |
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| The Families of the World | |
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| Adam's Descendants (Genesis 4:17-5:32) | |
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| From Noah to Joktan (Genesis 10:1-32) | |
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| From Shem to Abram (Genesis 11:10-32) | |
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| A Tale of a Garden (Genesis 2:4b-3:24) | |
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| Of Field, Stream, and Human (Genesis 2:4b-14) | |
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| A Fit Counterpart (Genesis 2:15-25) | |
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| The Snake and the Tree (Genesis 3:1-5) | |
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| With Both Eyes Open (Genesis 3:6-13) | |
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| Now, Look What You've Done (Genesis 3:14-24) | |
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| What the Story Is All About | |
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| Type and Countertype (Romans 5:18-19) | |
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| In Full Submission (1 Timothy 2:11-15) | |
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| Ways of Reading | |
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| Conclusion: The Prelude and the Bible | |
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| The Story of the Torah: The Making of a People (Genesis 12:1-Deuteronomy 34:12) | |
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| Introduction: A People of God's Pasture | |
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| Wandering Arameans My Ancestors (Genesis 12:1-50:26) | |
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| A Family of Strangers | |
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| The Presence of the Other (Genesis 16 and 38) | |
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| Genesis 16 | |
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| Genesis 38 | |
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| Whose Memories Are These? | |
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| And, There, Became a People (Exodus 1:1-24:18) | |
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| Getting Out and Getting On (Exodus 1:1-18:27) | |
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| The Exodus in History | |
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| Covenant (Exodus 19-24) | |
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| The Announcement of the Covenant (Exodus 19:3-6) | |
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| The Ten Words of the Covenant (Exodus 20:1-17) | |
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| The Execution of the Covenant (Exodus 24:3-8) | |
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| Historical Context of the Covenant Texts | |
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| "And Brought Us to This Place" (Numbers 11:1-15; Deuteronomy 34:5-6) | |
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| In the Wilderness | |
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| The Cucumbers and Melons of Egypt (Numbers 11:1-15) | |
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| The End of the Story (Deuteronomy 34:5-6) | |
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| Instructions for the Covenant Life | |
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| The Book of the Covenant: Organization and Content of Exodus 20:22-23:19 | |
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| The Ones Who Cry to God (Exodus 22:21-27) | |
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| The Heart of the Stranger (Exodus 23:1-9) | |
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| The Life of Holiness (Leviticus 19) | |
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| The Surplus of the Harvest | |
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| Love for the Neighbor | |
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| Love for the Stranger | |
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| Priestly Regulation in Historical Context | |
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| The Company of Strangers: Deuteronomy | |
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| The Identity of the Stranger | |
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| Instructions for Life with God | |
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| A Place of Meeting (Exodus 25:1-31:11; 35:1-40:38) | |
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| This Is Your God, O Israel (Exodus 32-34) | |
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| A Way of Meeting (Leviticus) | |
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| The Acceptable Sacrifice | |
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| Purity and Impurity | |
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| Foods | |
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| Reprehensible Fluidity: Menstruation | |
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| Intimate Relations | |
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| Holy Days: Atonement | |
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| Conclusion: A Holy Nation | |
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| Living with the Torah | |
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| Introduction: God and People in Covenant | |
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| God in the Torah | |
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| A God Who Regrets | |
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| A God Who Appears | |
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| A God Who Accompanies | |
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| A God Who Is Prejudiced | |
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| A God Who Is Passionate | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Christ and Torah | |
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| Jesus and the Torah | |
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| Assumptions | |
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| The Teachings of Jesus | |
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| The Good Samaritan | |
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| The Frame | |
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| The Story | |
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| How Do We Read? | |
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| Paul and the Torah | |
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| Torah and Nomos | |
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| Context | |
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| The Teachings of Paul | |
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| The Law of Love (Romans 12:9-13; 13:8-10; Galatians 5:1, 13-14) | |
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| Gender Relations (1 Corinthians 7:17; 11:1-16; 14:33-36; Romans 1:26-27) | |
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| Post-Pauline Codification of Gender Relations | |
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| The Gospel of God | |
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| How Then Shall We Live? | |
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| Galatians 3:26-29 | |
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| Conclusion: How Do We Read? | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Names and Subjects | |
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| Index of Biblical References | |