Introduction.
Part I: What the Bible Is All About.
Chapter 1: From Moses to Modernity: Introducing the Good Book.
Chapter 2: Lights, Camera, Action! Previewing the Bible's Stage and Storyline.
Part II: Exploring the Hebrew Bible-The Old Testament.
Chapter 3: Creation, Paradise Lost, and Other Mysteries of Life (Genesis 1-3).
Chapter 4: The Fallout from "The Fall" (Genesis 4-11).
Chapter 5: The Babylonian Hillbillies: The Adventures of Abraham and His Family (Genesis 12-25:18).
Chapter 6: The Birth of a Nation: Isaac, Jacob, and Their Many Children (Genesis 25:19-50).
Chapter 7: Holy Moses! Exploring Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Chapter 8: An Experiment in Theocracy: Joshua, Judges, and Ruth.
Chapter 9: The King and "I Am": 1 and 2 Samuel.
Chapter 10: A Tale of Two Kingdoms: 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles.
Chapter 11: Strangers in a Strange Land: Israel in Exile with Daniel and Esther.
Chapter 12: Home for the Holidays: Returning to the Promised Land with Ezra and Nehemiah.
Chapter 13: More Than Mere Fortune-tellers: The Prophets.
Chapter 14: Israel's Wisdom Literature and Love Poetry: Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.
Chapter 15: Rockin' the Temple: Music in Ancient Israel (Psalms).
Part III: Revealing the Bible's Hidden Treasures in the Apocrypha.
Chapter 16: Rebels with a Cause: The Books of 1 and 2 Maccabees.
Chapter 17: The Apocrypha's Other "Hidden Treasures".
Part IV: Discovering What's New About the New Testament.
Chapter 18: From Birth to Baptism: Jesus Prepares for the Ministry (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).
Chapter 19: Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus' "Ministry Years" (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).
Chapter 20: The Early Christian Church (Acts 1-8,10-12, and 15).
Chapter 21: The Traveling Salesman of Tarsus: Paul's Life and Letters.
Chapter 22: Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman: The New Testament's General Letters.
Chapter 23: The Beginning of the End: The Revelation of John.
Part V: That Was Then, This Is Now: Discovering the Bible's Enduring Influence.
Chapter 24: The Bible and the Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Chapter 25: Michelangelo, Milton, and Movies: Art, Literature, Life, and the Bible.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 26: Ten+ People You Should Know from the Bible.
Chapter 27: Ten Holidays You Can Take Thanks to the Bible.
Index.