Discovering the Old Testament

Part 1: Introducing a Very Strange World

Part 2: Organization and Sources of the Old Testament

Part 3: The Beginning; Cosmogony and Covenants

Part 4: The Creation of Humanity, Life in the Garden, and Temptation

Part 5: Some Tools and Tips for Serious Readers

Part 6: The Great Flood

Part 7: Abraham in the Desert

Part 8: Abraham’s Covenant

Part 9: The Trials of Abraham

Part 10: Rebecca, Jacob, and Esau

Part 11: Jacob’s Cunning

Part 12: Archaeology and the Bible

Part 13: The Story of Joseph

Part 14: The Exodus

Part 15: Purity, Holiness, and Life Triumphant

Part 16: Sabbaths and the Israelite Social Safety Net

Part 17: Interpreting the Text

Part 18: Sacrifice, Sin, and the Cosmic Order

Part 19: Joshua, the Conquest of Canaan, and Israelite Holy War

Part 20: Judges: There Was No King in the Land

Part 21: Early Prophets, Early Kings

Part 22: Kickin’ It With the Canaanites

Part 23: The Reign and Legacy of King David

Part 24: Kingship in the Ancient Near East

Part 25: Solomon’s Wisdom