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Exploring the Bible 2nd Edition
by Stephen Harris Chapters 1-39 Covered
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
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PartcOnecAncIntroductionctocthecBiblecandcthecBiblicalcWorld
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
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Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
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Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
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PartcTwocThecTorahc(DivinecInstruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
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Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
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Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
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Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
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Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
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Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
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Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
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Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
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Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
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Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
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PartcFourcThecProphetscII
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,Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
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Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
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Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and N
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ahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Oba
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diah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
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Chapter 19 After the Exile—
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Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jon
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PartcFivecThecWritings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
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Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
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Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
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Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
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Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
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Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
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Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of
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Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the ApocryphaPart Six The New Testament
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Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and t
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he Cult of Deified Rulers
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Chapter 29 First- c c
Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
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Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
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Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospe
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ls of Mark and Luke
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, Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
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Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
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Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
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Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Gal
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atia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
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Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians
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, and the Pastoral Epistles
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Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
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Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
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Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
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Chapter 01 The Bible: An Overview
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MultiplecChoicecQuestions
1. HowcmanyccopiescofcthecBiblecdidcAmericanscbuycinc2005?
A. 2cmillion
B. 5cmillion
C. 15cmillion
D. 25cmillion
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Exploring the Bible 2nd Edition
by Stephen Harris Chapters 1-39 Covered
1-1
,TABLE OF CONTENT
c c
PartcOnecAncIntroductionctocthecBiblecandcthecBiblicalcWorld
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
c c c c c
Chapter 2 How the Bible Was Created: Transmission, Canonization, and Translation
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Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment That Produced the Bible
c c c c c c c c c c c
PartcTwocThecTorahc(DivinecInstruction)
Chapter 4 The Five Books of Torah (the Pentateuch): Themes and Theories
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Chapter 5 In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
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Chapter 6 Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus
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Chapter 7 Law, Holiness, and Rebellion: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
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Chapter 8 A New Vision of Moses’ Teaching: The Book of Deuteronomy
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PartcThreecThecProphetscI
Chapter 9 The Story of Ancient Israel: How the Promised Land Was Gained and Lost
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Chapter 10 Faith and War: The Book of Joshua
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Chapter 11 Yahweh’s Warriors: The Book of Judges
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Chapter 12 The Rise of David and the Birth of a Kingdom: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel
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Chapter 13 From the Glory of Solomon to Exile in Babylon: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings
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PartcFourcThecProphetscII
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,Chapter 14 Israel’s Spokespersons for God
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Chapter 15 Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Oracles of Amos and Hosea
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Chapter 16 Prophets of the Assyrian Threat: The Oracles of Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, and N
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ahum
Chapter 17 Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis: The Oracles of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Oba
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diah
Chapter 18 Prophets in Exile: The Oracles of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah
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Chapter 19 After the Exile—
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Israel’s Last Prophets: The Oracles of Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jon
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ah
PartcFivecThecWritings
Chapter 20 After the Exile: Israel’s Changing Life with God
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Chapter 21 The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
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Chapter 22 Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms
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Chapter 23 Israel’s Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes
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Chapter 24 Festival Scrolls: The Books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and Esther
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Chapter 25 Reinterpreting Israel’s History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
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Chapter 26 Keeping God’s Law in a Hostile World: Revolt of the Maccabees and the Book of
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Daniel
Chapter 27 The Second Canon: Books of the ApocryphaPart Six The New Testament
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Chapter 28 The World in Which Christianity Originated: Roman Power, Greek Culture, and t
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he Cult of Deified Rulers
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Chapter 29 First- c c
Century Judaism: Diversity, Messianic Expectations, and the Birth of Christianity
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Chapter 30 Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of Mark
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Chapter 31 The Synoptic Problem: The Gospel of Matthew and Its Relationship to the Gospe
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ls of Mark and Luke
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, Chapter 32 Jesus as a Savior for “All Nations”: The Gospel of Luke
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Chapter 33 Another Way of Telling Jesus’ Story: The Gospel of John
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Chapter 34 An Account of Early Christianity: The Book of Acts
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Chapter 35 Paul and the Gentile Mission: Letters to Churches at Thessalonica, Corinth, Gal
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atia, Rome, Philippi, and Colossae
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Chapter 36 Continuing the Pauline Tradition: Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians
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, and the Pastoral Epistles
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Chapter 37 General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
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Chapter 38 Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation
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Chapter 39 Our Biblical Legacy: Evolving Concepts of God
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Chapter 01 The Bible: An Overview
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MultiplecChoicecQuestions
1. HowcmanyccopiescofcthecBiblecdidcAmericanscbuycinc2005?
A. 2cmillion
B. 5cmillion
C. 15cmillion
D. 25cmillion
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