| A Guide to the Bible |
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| Getting Ready for our Journey |
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| 1. The Bible: book or library? |
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| 2. A people rereads its life |
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| 3. Reading and studying a text |
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| 4. A people stamped by its geography |
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| 5. A people stamped by the mentality of the Near East |
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| 6. A thousand years of history, or the great moments of Israel |
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| 1 The Exodus: A People Expresses its Faith |
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| 2 The Kingdom of Jerusalem |
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| The Sacred Judaean History |
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| Prophets of the Kingdom of Judah |
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| 3 Northern Kingdom 935-721 |
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| Prophets of the Northern Kingdom |
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| The Scared History of the North: The Elohistic Tradition |
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| 4 The Last Period of the Kingdom of Judah 721-587 |
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| Deuteronomy |
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| Prophets of Judah in the Seventh Century |
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| 5 Exile in Babylon 587-538 |
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| Prophets of the Exile |
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| Leviticus |
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| The Priestly History |
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| 6 Israel under Persian Domination 538-333 |
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| Prophets of the Return |
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| The Law of Pentateuch |
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| I & II Chronicles - Ezra - Nehemiah |
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| Wisdom |
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| 7 Israel under the Greeks (333-63) and Romans (from 63 BC) |
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| Prophets of the Greek Period: Second Zechariah |
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| Wisdom Literature |
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| Literary Offshoots of the Epic of the Maccabees |
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| The Apocalypses |
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| The Book of Daniel |
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| Wisdom in the Diaspora |
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| 8 The Psalms |
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| The Psalms of Ascents: Pss.120-134 |
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| Praise to God the Creator and Saviour |
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| Praise to God who is Near |
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| Prayers of Hope. God the King. The Earthly King |
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| Prayers of Petition and Thanksgiving |
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| Prayers for Living |
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| Journey's End |
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| 1. Finishing the course |
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| 2. Why still read the Old Testament? |
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| 3. Word of God and words of men |
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| 4. Eucharist |
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| If You Want to Know More… |
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| Jewish Literature outside the Bible |
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| Analytical Index |
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