Reply #76: Table of contents and sample pages here:

[greyl]

http://www.bibleliteracy.org/Site/PressRoom/Press20050922/Press050922SamplePages.htm

I'll go ahead and paste the Table of contents. This doesn't look at all like an objective, non-sectarian, suitable for public schools textbook at all. Unless George Carlin taught the class, that is.

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Unit One: Introductions

* Chapter 1 Why Study the Bible?
* Chapter 2 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
* Unit Feature: Biblical Allusions

Unit Two: Genesis—Origins

* Chapter 3 In the Beginning
* Chapter 4 From the Garden to the Tower
* Unit Feature: Milton and the Bible

Unit Three: Genesis—Call and Promise

* Chapter 5 Abraham and Sarah
* Chapter 6 Ancestors
* Unit Feature: Literary Views of Abraham and Isaac

Unit Four: Exodus and the Land of Promise

* Chapter 7 Out of Slavery
* Chapter 8 The Wilderness and the Law
* Chapter 9 The Promised Land
* Unit Feature: Exodus and Emancipation

Unit Five: Kingdom and Exile

* Chapter 10 David the King
* Chapter 11 The Kingdom Falls
* Unit Feature: Exile and Return

Unit Six: The Prophets

* Chapter 12 Warning and Comfort
* Chapter 13 Called to Account
* Unit Feature: Thirst for Justice

Unit Seven: Writings and Wisdom

* Chapter 14 Songs and Poetry
* Chapter 15 Bits of Wisdom
* Chapter 16 More Wisdom
* Chapter 17 The Problem of Suffering
* Chapter 18 Women of Valor
* Chapter 19 Visions of the Future
* Chapter 20 Renewed Commitment
* Unit Feature: The Bible and Shakespeare


# Section Two: The New Testament

Unit Eight: Another Covenant

* Chapter 21 Living Tradition
* Chapter 22 Other Jewish Texts in the Christian Bible
* Chapter 23 New Testament
* Unit Feature: A Summary of Literary Genres in the Bible

Unit Nine: The Four Gospels

* Chapter 24 Mark
* Chapter 25 Matthew
* Chapter 26 Luke
* Chapter 27 John
* Unit Feature: Parables of Mercy

Unit Ten: The Early Christian Community

* Chapter 28 The Birth of the Church
* Chapter 29 The Church Grows
* Chapter 30 The Journeys of Paul
* Unit Feature: A Death with Meaning

Unit Eleven: The Letters of Paul

* Chapter 31 Grace and Faith
* Chapter 32 The Power of Love
* Chapter 33 The Christian Community
* Chapter 34 Social Order
* Unit Feature: Augustine

Unit Twelve: Other Letters

* Chapter 35 The Fulfillment
* Chapter 36 General Letters
* Unit Feature: The Legacy of the Reformation

Unit Thirteen: Revelation

* Chapter 37 Crisis and Persecution
* Chapter 38 A Great Battle
* Chapter 39 A New Jerusalem
* Unit Feature: Dante’s Purgatorio

Unit Fourteen: Epilogue

* Chapter 40 The Bible and Literacy
* Unit Feature: Freedom and Faith in America