The Back Door Introduction to the Bible Introduction What Manner of Book Is This? Keepin' It Real What's Holy about the Bible? Things That Make You Go "Hmmm ." 1. What "Assume" Does Genre Genre and Genesis Genre and Jonah Genre and Jesus 2. Family Values Tube Families Threesome and Beyond Putting on Heirs All in the Family Travelers and Daughters Households and House Churches 3. Don't Know Much about History What Is History? History and the Bible A Problem of Epic Proportions The Dirt on Archaeology The Helping Hand of History When in Rome . Or Not 4. Culture Shock When in Rome Circle of Trust A Meaty Matter Law Covenant Second Helping Hair and Prayer 5. The Race Card Ethnicity Jews and Gentiles: Defining Christianity 6.

Is That What That Really Means? Eewwphemisms Lefty versus Fatty Deborah and Jael Samson and Delilah Jacob and Esau David and Michal Prophets and Kings Paul and the Judaizers Paul and His Accomplishments 7. Where in the World? Places and Plots: Knowing Where You Are Helps You See What It Means The Lay of the Land: Geographical Formations Inform Biblical Tales 8. All in a Name The Name Game A Bitter/Sweet Story Baby Formula Biblical Aliases A Brief Biblical Onomasticon 9. The Real World Profiting from the Experience Propheting from the Experience Domiciles Other Buildings Human Activities Taking Stock 10. There's a Time for Everything All in the Timing Purim: "They Tried to Kill Us--We Won--Let's Eat!" Rest for the Weary Marking Time This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land That'll Be the Day 11. "In This Corner .": Competing Perspectives Who Says? The Wise Guys Two Pairs of Kings Who Do People Say He Is? 12. All You Need Is Love What's Love Got to Do with It? Sex, Not Sexxx Two's Company, Three's a Crowd The Dark Side Jesus, the Love Guru 13.

The Bible Recycled Sample This The Gospel Truth In with the Old Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! 14. Knowing the Audience Person to Person It's the End of the World as We Know It Are You Talkin' to Me? Daniel Additional Resources Index.