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List of Maps and Tables | |
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The Design and Use of the Book | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Fundamentals | |
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About the Old Testament | |
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The Big Story Line/Plotline | |
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Reorientation | |
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Expectations and Procedures | |
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Writing and Books | |
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Pentateuch | |
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Original Meaning | |
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Old Testament Story Line | |
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History Story Line | |
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Literary Perspective | |
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Bridging Contexts | |
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Plotline of the Pentateuch | |
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Purpose of Each Book | |
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Dealing with Story | |
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Theological Perspectives | |
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Contrast: Religious Belief in the Ancient World | |
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Contemporary Significance | |
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Scenario: Evolution and the Bible | |
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Recapitulation | |
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The Fall Today | |
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Significance of the Faith of Abraham | |
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Old Covenant/New Covenant | |
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What Are All of These Laws Doing in My Bible If the Law Is Obsolete? | |
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Scenario: Law | |
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Recapitulation | |
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What Does Sacred Space Mean to Me? | |
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A Sense of the Holy | |
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Historical Literature | |
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Original Meaning | |
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Old Testament Story Line | |
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World History Story Line | |
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Literary Perspective | |
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Bridging Contexts | |
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Plotline of the Historical Literature | |
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Purpose of Each Book | |
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Understanding Historical Literature | |
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Pedestals and Role Models | |
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Theological Perspectives | |
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Contemporary Significance | |
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History Seems Boring and Irrelevant to Me-Help! | |
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Scenario: Using Historical Literature Today | |
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Recapitulation | |
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How Can We View History Biblically? | |
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How Should We View the Bible Historically? | |
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Prophets | |
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Original Meaning | |
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Story Line of the Prophets in Their Times | |
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Literary Perspective | |
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Bridging Contexts | |
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Purpose of Prophetic Books | |
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Prediction, Prophets, and God | |
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Fulfillment and Revelation | |
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Theological Perspectives | |
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Contemporary Significance | |
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Scenario: Read Today's Headlines in the Bible | |
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Thinking about Prophecy | |
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Indictment Today | |
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Judgment Today | |
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Instruction Today | |
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Aftermath Today | |
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Recapitulation | |
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Wisdom Literature | |
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Original Meaning | |
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What Is Wisdom? | |
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Retribution Principle | |
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Story Line: Job | |
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Literary Perspective | |
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Bridging Contexts | |
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Proverbs and Truth | |
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Purpose Book by Book | |
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Theological Perspectives | |
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Contemporary Significance | |
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Scenario: Retribution Principle Today | |
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Recapitulation | |
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When Life Goes Wrong | |
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Seeking Fulfillment in Life | |
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Proverbs and the Family | |
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The Power of Sex | |
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Psalms | |
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Original Meaning | |
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Summary of Content | |
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Literary Perspective | |
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Bridging Contexts | |
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Purpose: Kingship in Psalms | |
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Psalms as Revelation | |
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Theological Perspectives | |
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Contemporary Significance | |
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Contemporary Worship and the Psalms | |
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What Do We Expect from God and What Does He Expect from Us? | |
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Scenario: Trusting God When He Doesn't Seem to Hear | |
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Recapitulation | |
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Devotional Use of Psalms | |
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Epilogue | |
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Plotline of the Old Testament Continued to the New Testament | |
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How Do the Old and New Testaments Relate? | |
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Were Israelites "Saved"? | |
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Interpreting the Old Testament in Light of the New and the New in Light of the Old | |
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What Have We Learned? | |
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Overall Theme | |
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What to Do with It | |
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You Will Know That I Am Yahweh | |
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Appendix: Reading through the Old Testament | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |