Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-545) and index.

--The Bible : an overview --The process of formation: how the Bible was transmitted, canonized, and Translated --The Ancient Near East: The environment that produced the Bible --The God of Israel: an evolving portrait --The Torah: Five Books of Divine teaching --The Prophets (Nevi'im) I: the story of Israel from the promised land to Exile ----The prophets (Nevi'im) II: Individual spokespersons of God --The writings (Kethuvim): Books of poetry, wisdom, short fiction, Apocalyptic visions, and Sacred History --Books of the second Canon: The Apocrypha --Between the Two Testaments: Greek Culture and the growth of multiple Judaisms --Books of the New testament: an overview --The Gospels: Four portraits of Jesus --The continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus --An Account of Christian Origins and the Pauline Letters --General Epistles and a a vision of the End Time --Interpreting the Judeo-Christian Bible in a changed world