Part I. In the Beginning (c. 40,000 to 1700 BC): Stories from the Book of Genesis
Introduction
The Creation
Adam and Eve
The Temptation and Fall
Cain and Abel
Noah and the Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham
Sarah and Her Servant Hagar
The Lord Promises a Son to Abraham and Sarah
Abraham Pleads for Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot and His Daughters Escape from Sodom
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Finding Isaac a Wife
Jacob and Esau
Jacob's Dream
The Meeting of Jacob and Esau
The Rape of Dinah
The Selling of Joseph
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Joseph and the Royal Head Butler and Head Baker
Joseph's Success with Pharaoh's Dreams
The First Visit of Joseph's Brothers
The Second Trip to Egypt of Joseph's Brothers
Joseph Brings the Testing of His Brothers to a Head
The Death of Jacob

Part II. The Emergence of Israel (c. 1700 to 1200 BC): Stories from the Books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Introduction
The Birth of Moses
Moses and the Burning Bush
The First Plague: The Waters Turn to Blood
The Plagues of the Frogs, the Lice and the Flies
The Plagues of the Stricken Cattle, the Boils and the Hail
The Plagues of the Locusts and the Darkness
The Death of the Firstborn
A Path Through the Red Sea
Manna from Heaven and Water from a Rock
The Young Joshua
The Ten Commandments
Aaron and the Golden Calf
Moses Sends Scouts into Canaan
Balaam and His Ass
The Death of Moses

Part III. Settlement in the Promised Land (1200 to 1000 BC): Stories from the Books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Samuel
Introduction
Help from a Prostitute
The Crossing of the Jordan
The Fall of Jericho
The Sin of Achan and the Sack of Ai
Joshua Is Tricked by the Citizens of Gibeon
When the Sun Stood Still
The Strength and Wisdom of Deborah
The Call of Gideon and the Miracle of the Fleece
Gideon and the Three Hundred
Following Gideon's Victory
Jepthah's Dilemma
The Shiboleth Incident
Samson and His Disastrous Marriage
Further Escapades of Samson
Samson's Second Disastrous Marriage
The End of Samson
Outrage at Gibeah
Ruth
The Birth of Samuel
God Calls Samuel

Part IV. The Davidic Kingdom (c. 1000 to 900 BC): Stories from the Books of Samuel 1 & 2 and 1 Kings
Introduction
Samuel Chooses a King
Samuel Anoints Saul King
Saul Begins to Blunder
Saul's Third Blunder
Samuel Surreptitiously Anoints David
David and Goliath
Saul's Growing Paranoia
Saul Throws a Second Spear at David
The Slaughter of the Priests of Nob
David and Abigail
The Witch of Endor
The Death of Saul and Jonathan
David Laments Saul and Jonathan
David Dances Naked Before the Ark
David's Sin with Bathsheba
The Rape of Tamar
The Revolt of Absalom
The Death of Absalom
The Wisdom of Solomon
Solomon in All His Glory
The Building of the Temple
Solomon Visited by the Queen of Sheba
Solomon's Sin

Part V. The Divided Kingdom: Israel and Judah (c. 933 to 800 BC): Stories from the Books of 2 Chronicles and 1 & 2 Kings
Introduction
Rehoboam and Jeroboam: The First Two Kings of the Divided Monarchy
The Coming of Elijah
Elijah and the Prophets of Baal
The Mantle of Elijah Falls on Elisha
Naboth's Vineyard
The Curious Death of King Ahab
The Strange Departure of Elijah
Elisha and the Shunemite Lady
Naaman the Leper
Jehu Driving Furiously
Jehu Consolidates His Position

Part VI. Palestine During the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, and Greek Domination (c. 842 to 4 BC): Stories from the Apocrypha and the Books of Jonah, Job, Esther, Ezekiel, and Daniel
Introduction
Jonah
Tobit and Tobias
Tobias and the Angel Travel to Rages
Tobias and Sarah's Nuptial Night
Tobias' Parents at Home
Tobias' Homecoming
Judith
Esther
The Story of Susanna
Job
The Prophet Ezekiel
The Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace
Belshazzar's Feast
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Bel and the Dragon
The Maccabees