Abbreviations ; Transliterations ; Preface ; An Invitation to Explore the Bible ; Part One: Surveying the Terrain, Studying the Map ; Chapter One: 'Let the Reader Understand' ; Chapter Two: The Grand Narrative of the Bible ; Chapter Three: The History in the Bible ; Chapter Four: On Figuring out What's Figurative, and on Learning about the Letter of the Law ; Chapter Five: Of Parables, Promises and Prophecies ; Chapter Six: The Oral and Rhetorical Character of the Ancient Biblical World ; Chapter Seven: Social Realities and Cultural Scripts in Bible Times ; Chapter Eight: The Theological Structures of the Gospels ; Part Two: Unearthing the Treasure ; Chapter Nine: The Basic Rules of the Road-Hermeneutics ; Chapter Ten: Digging Deeper-Historical Narrative ; Chapter Eleven: Digging Deeper-The Psalms ; Chapter Twelve: Digging Deeper-Isaiah ; Chapter Thirteen: Digging Deeper-The Prophecy and Parables of Jesus ; Chapter Fourteen: Digging Deeper-Paul-His Reflections on Hymn and Him ; Chapter Fifteen: Next Steps ; Chapter Sixteen: Did the Canon Misfire? The Bible's Story ; Epilogue: Found in Translation ; Bibliography
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